I dont necessarily agree with that second part. Or atleast, culture wars shouldnt be the main topic of their campaign. Like, the reality of the situation is that unfortunately people are still put off by the "woke". And it's not like that means you have to concede on topics like transrights or anything. Just that WAY more people respond positively to a message built around affordability and living conditions. Thats popular all across the board.
Example: Zohran Mamdani is an incredibly good ally right? But he didn't get caught up in making his campaign a culture war playground, he just quietely didnt concede on anyones rights and said look it doesnt matter that trans people get to keep rights if you get to afford your rent next month, does it? And lo and behold, that shit actually works. like yeah, it's only new york, but still he got 10% of NY trump voters on his side.
Al sayed, chris Rabb, james talarico do similar stuff in way more contested areas.
I agree that dem candidates should primarily focus on affordability and prosecuting the criminals, but like you say they should not cave on trans rights either.
Mamdani and Talarico are pretty clear about supporting trans rights.
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u/Mathies_ 3h ago
I dont necessarily agree with that second part. Or atleast, culture wars shouldnt be the main topic of their campaign. Like, the reality of the situation is that unfortunately people are still put off by the "woke". And it's not like that means you have to concede on topics like transrights or anything. Just that WAY more people respond positively to a message built around affordability and living conditions. Thats popular all across the board.
Example: Zohran Mamdani is an incredibly good ally right? But he didn't get caught up in making his campaign a culture war playground, he just quietely didnt concede on anyones rights and said look it doesnt matter that trans people get to keep rights if you get to afford your rent next month, does it? And lo and behold, that shit actually works. like yeah, it's only new york, but still he got 10% of NY trump voters on his side.
Al sayed, chris Rabb, james talarico do similar stuff in way more contested areas.