I'd love to believe this is the case, but I'm skeptical that it's not just a blip--anti-Trump fervor bringing a temporary instinct for voters to back the most oppositional candidates they can, not unlike the Tea Party in 2010. But here's hoping it's largely pushing the party as a whole to the left.
I'd love to believe this is the case, but I'm skeptical that it's not just a blip--anti-Trump fervor bringing a temporary instinct for voters to back the most oppositional candidates they can, not unlike the Tea Party in 2010. But here's hoping it's largely pushing the party as a whole to the left.
My other idea is that, like gay marriage and pot legalization, this shift leftward on economic policy is largely driven by generational shifts in voter demographics. Again, here's hoping that will continue as more baby boomers *ahem* leave the voter rolls and more young people register. Maybe someday we won't have a thousand-year-old multi-millionaire as the Democratic Speaker of the House. Maybe someday.
I'd love to believe this is the case, but I'm skeptical that it's not just a blip--anti-Trump fervor bringing a temporary instinct for voters to back the most oppositional candidates they can, not unlike the Tea Party in 2010. But here's hoping it's largely pushing the party as a whole to the left.
My other idea is that, like gay marriage and pot legalization, this shift leftward on economic policy is largely driven by generational shifts in voter demographics. Again, here's hoping that will continue as more baby boomers *ahem* leave the voter rolls and more young people register. Maybe someday we won't have a thousand-year-old multi-millionaire as the Democratic Speaker of the House. Maybe someday.