Just because the people in your circle are all hard-left, doesn’t mean the country is. We’re a 52-48 (barely) liberal leaning country… so yes, most progressive candidates are to the left of the average american… Slightly more conservative candidates are to the right of the average american… Most fall somewhere in the center.
If you want to move the country to the left, convincing the left-moderates isn’t the hard part… It’s convincing the center-left moderates to come over… the ones who believe the government does spend too much, but also who believe we do need to maintain a strong military and use it wisely…
I vote for any candidate that puts education first in a very real way. The only way we dig ourselves out of the hole we’re in is restoring the education cuts that started with Ronald Regan in the 80’s… The end result of that being generations of people who aren’t capable of critical thought in any real way…
Just because the people in your circle are all hard-left, doesn’t mean the country is. We’re a 52-48 (barely) liberal leaning country… so yes, most progressive candidates are to the left of the average american… Slightly more conservative candidates are to the right of the average american… Most fall somewhere in the center.
If you want to move the country to the left, convincing the left-moderates isn’t the hard part… It’s convincing the center-left moderates to come over… the ones who believe the government does spend too much, but also who believe we do need to maintain a strong military and use it wisely…
I vote for any candidate that puts education first in a very real way. The only way we dig ourselves out of the hole we’re in is restoring the education cuts that started with Ronald Regan in the 80’s… The end result of that being generations of people who aren’t capable of critical thought in any real way…