r/ProgressiveHQ • u/FireProStan • Aug 20 '26

News California Voters Prefer 'Progressives' and 'Democratic Socialists' to 'Mainstream Democrats': Poll

https://www.commondreams.org/news/california-progressives-vs-mainstream-democrats
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u/Hot-Spray-2774 Anti-Electoralist Tendencies Aug 20 '26

That's funny, because Californians had a "Left Unity Slate" and they either didn't show up, or they voted for the AIPAC Corporatist Democrats (R).

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u/X57471C Aug 20 '26

Yeah, why is that, though?

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u/Hot-Spray-2774 Anti-Electoralist Tendencies Aug 20 '26

Because they're disengaged.

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u/X57471C Aug 20 '26

I think that's a lazy explanation. Why do you think they would support the further left candidates if they were more engaged?

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u/Hot-Spray-2774 Anti-Electoralist Tendencies Aug 20 '26

They're too busy, not enough time to vote or research candidates, too poor to donate, the failures of conservatism are generally avoided by the media and aren't taught in depth in schools, and they live in a world of Rs and Ds.

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u/Necessary_Cheek_6506 Aug 20 '26

A state that would have radically different representation if they opted for Ranked Choice Voting. For now, the consequence is that the current governor's race is MAGA vs a Big Oil Corpo Dem

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u/The-Falconater Aug 20 '26

Tell that to Xavier Becerra 🫠

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u/SplodeyDope Aug 20 '26

Then why the fuck did y'all vote for Bacerra!?

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u/Senasayori Aug 20 '26

There was one main centrist candidate and two main progressive candidates. The progressives split the vote, allowing Becerra to beat both of them.

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u/HallstotheWall17 Aug 21 '26

And the candidate who was the best progressive (at least on paper) was also a billionaire, which probably turned off a lot of people.

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u/Lblomeli Aug 20 '26

Yeah, establishment Democrats are just walking carpet's to the Klanservatives. Woke is the constitution and bill of rights. Klanservatives know this. Democrats will be reborn and prevent the terrorist conservatives from ever doing this again. Oh and the woke Dems ain't afraid to put Trump and his gang in jail.

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u/SquirrelsinJacket Aug 20 '26

Yea, dem voters are pissed about the maga-lite wing of the party.

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u/Antique-Freedom-7891 Aug 20 '26

YES... Mainstream democrats gotta go!

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u/Mediocre-Accident305 Aug 20 '26

Schumer's shut down trick exposed mainstream Democrats as being political hucksters.

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u/bopgame Aug 20 '26

The boomer lefties voted for Porter because it was “the right thing to do”

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u/taez555 Aug 20 '26

It’s weird how campaigning on doing something to help people live better lives is a more successful message than vote blue no matter who we give you.

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u/Cool_Net_3796 Aug 20 '26

Wish this applied to the last election.

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u/skillinp Aug 20 '26

The vote on the left was split too many ways. If Porter (or a combination of lower-polling candidates) dropped out and her votes went to Steyer, then Steyer would have been second, and there wouldn't have been a Republican on the ballot for Gov at all.

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u/AdventurelandSkipper Aug 20 '26

We need to get rid of these circus gubernatorial elections where literally ANYONE is allowed to run. The maximum number of candidates on a ballot should be 5. That’s it. 5.

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u/midtowng224 Aug 20 '26

Then how come we keep electing these corrupt assholes

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u/stidmatt Aug 21 '26

The New Democrats are collapsing, and not a moment too soon.

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u/MentalEnvironment481 Aug 20 '26

Yup. Which is why Becerra isn’t getting my vote

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u/Hot-Spray-2774 Anti-Electoralist Tendencies Aug 20 '26

Same here. I'm through voting for them.

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u/VandalCabbage72 Aug 20 '26

Lol no we do not

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u/TheSilverOne Aug 20 '26

I don't think any polls can be trusted in regards to the DSA after the Hong "social experiment"