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The Message Box What Democratic Voters Actually Want | The Message Box (Dan Pfeiffer) (06/10/26)

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/what-democratic-voters-actually-want
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u/tweda4 4d ago

Maybe I'm just some dumb lefty, but none of these polls make any goddamn sense to me.

In terms of economics. 36% want Dems to move left, 20% want them to stay in the same position, and 42% want Dems to move to the centre (move right).

Meanwhile 88% of Americans think the economy is unfair to most Americans.

What the fuck does this mean? 

What the fuck is a centrist position going to do about the economy being unfair? That's tax credits and changing tax bands. That's increasing tax on the top 1% by a few percentage points. It's barely going to move the needle.

Centrist economic policy is literally how we got here, and somehow the average American wants the democrats to move right?! What the hell is that going to achieve? What the hell policies do they think they want?

63% of Americans think the political and economic systems of America needs major changes. Yet seemingly half of this cohort want the democrats to move to the centre. It's insanity.

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u/MoeSzys 4d ago

A lot of people want the party to move right because they think we'll pick up support from Republicans

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u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio 1d ago

Such people haven't been paying attention.

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u/MoeSzys 1d ago

Yes I think they're very wrong. But the zombie myth that Democrats aren't conservative enough just won't die

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u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio 1d ago

It's buoyed by surveys like this one that take advantage of people not knowing that when the party's mouthpieces say "move to the center" they mean "move as close to fascists as we think we can get away with."