The Vanishing Moderate Democrat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Over images of construction workers and children and police officers, a series of bold captions touted Clinton's first-term accomplishments: "WELFARE REFORM, WOREK REQUIREMENTS"; "TAXES CUT FOR 15,000,000 FAMILIES"; "DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG KINGPINS."
51% : Some of these shifts in a more ambitiously progressive direction, especially as they pertain to economic issues, have largely tracked with public opinion: While socialism might not poll well with voters, Democratic proposals to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy, increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour and lower the age of Medicare eligibility do.
48% : Unless Democrats convinced those middle-class voters (who at that time were predominantly white) that they were tough on crime, trustworthy on foreign policy and disciplined about government spending, they would continue to wander the political wilderness.
47% : No, they're like: 'I believe that government spending is too big.
45% : But during the 2020 presidential primaries, just when practically every Democratic candidate except Joe Biden was jumping through that window by promising to abolish ICE and provide Medicare for all and eliminate student debt, McElwee himself started favoring what he calls "a more pragmatic approach."
40% : He burst onto the political scene early in Donald Trump's presidency as a Resistance Twitter personality who popularized the slogan "Abolish ICE" and hosted a weekly East Village happy hour for New York's left-wing activists and writers.
38% : "The Supreme Court is about to outlaw abortion.
34% : In the group's early years, most of its members were older white men from the South who were not just fiscal conservatives but cultural ones as well -- firm in their opposition to gun control, abortion and gay people serving in the military.
25% : But on social, cultural and religious issues, particularly those related to criminal justice, race, abortion and gender identity, the Democrats have taken up ideological stances that many of the college-educated voters who now make up a sizable portion of the party's base cheer but the rest of the electorate does not.
16% : Dent was known for crossing the aisle to work with Democrats, especially during Trump's presidency, when he clashed with his fellow Republicans on their attempts to repeal Obamacare and impose a travel ban, and Wild, who sometimes voted for Dent, has tried to model her congressional career after his.

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