The idea -- which *may* have been true in the 90's -- is that there are a pool of gettable moderate voters who think Dems have moved too far left, and respond well when centrist Dems punch left. 1/
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But that's not the demographic of swing voters now. White suburbanites have chosen sides -- some one way, some the other, based on their tolerance for fascism. 2/
aug 23, 2025, 3:44 pm • 5 0 • view
Swing voters now are much more anti-establishment, and there's a real danger that punching left comes across as punching down.
aug 23, 2025, 3:44 pm • 5 0 • view
I feel like 'punching down' is exactly the sort of language Third Way disapproves of
aug 24, 2025, 10:09 am • 2 0 • view