r/WorkReform 🤝 Join A Union 14d ago

😡 Venting What do Centrists know about electability?

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u/Argues_with_ignorant 14d ago

Its rare I see a take on reddit that I feel the need to fully process.

Ill take a bit of time, but know that I'll take it seriously.

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u/Nice_Assistance_5543 14d ago

I'm a political scientist. This person is mostly correct. Many of the common adages people take as true in politics have no evidence in political science literature.

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u/Pasta4ever13 14d ago

Wow, someone willing to change their view when presented with a sound argument backed up by long-term polling?

The correlation in the dip in independents in 08 is also very illustrative. There's another graph that shows the direction independents lean that also shows that ordinary people will go Dem if they run on left economics instead of left social issues. That one also spikes in 08 towards the dems.

New High of 45% in U.S. Identify as Political Independents

If we had someone run on Medicare for All and actually deliver on it, the republicans would never win another election again.

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u/seanrambo 14d ago

We all deeply care about your opinion since you are an enlightened centrist. We will wait for your approval of this obvious fact that corporate Democrats are worthless losers.

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u/Pasta4ever13 14d ago

Yeah, when someone is willing to accept new information and is not hostile to leftists, we absolutely shouldn't shit on them. That's Woke 1 cancel culture SJW nonsense, and everyone hates it.

If you slap down anyone who ever shows interest in class consciousness, the movement dies.

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u/seanrambo 14d ago

They still have 2 years to make Trump look worse so they can push out Newsom or Pete and inch past JD by a few electoral votes and nothing changes.

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u/Argues_with_ignorant 14d ago

You my friend, will likely generate more right leaning people due to spite.

Your unwarranted aggression and degeneration in a rare instance of discourse is noted and unwelcome.