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Age is a factor sure. But Democrats need to stop being centrists and move left if they have any hope in appealing to the masses. The DNC needs to also reflect this change. Otherwise they'll just push for a moderate like Biden again.
I don't think that's true. The majority of the U.S. isn't as left leaning as we'd like to believe they are.
Edit: Downvote all you want. Lemmy is a very left leaning site, and not at all representative of the wider population.
I would disagree, I would say the majority is left leaning. The issue is that we don’t have an electoral system that can accurately reflect that. With things like the electoral college and the senate preventing any form of majority representation as well with just how our election are done( 51/49 winner take all) the deck is stacked against any form of progressive or leftist politics from even taking place.
The issue is that you can do a list of leftist policies and have a supermajority of Americans agree they'd be good ideas until they find out they're leftist ideas.