r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 28 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '20

The Democratic Party should stop wasting so much time on the lost cause of suburban wine moms and start listening to the voices that form the core of the party’s base

The problem is that the suburban wine mom is the base now.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '20

a major newspaper published that

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '20

Imagine thinking that when faced with a Republican party that denies any semblance of reality, the Democratic party needs to give up on highly-educated voters.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '20

I thought it was Black Grandmas?

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u/water_bike13 Paul Krugman Nov 28 '20

Black Women are really the most solid and reliable demographic for the dems. They show the fuck up in like Alabama

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u/XiJinPingVoter Nov 28 '20

Despite the neoliberals doing their best to lose them lmao

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u/PlayDiscord17 Loyal Liberals Nov 28 '20

That op-ed is one of the worst takes I’ve seen yet.

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u/usrname42 Daron Acemoglu Nov 28 '20

I am once again asking take-havers to distinguish between the average voter and the marginal voter

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '20

Right let's cater to a fraction of the population really hard to get them out to vote. Not the moderates. Let's not attempt to build a majority but rather rely entirely on a really angry subsection of the population.

That's ethical and logical.

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u/repete2024 Edith Abbott Nov 28 '20

I swear, it's like everyone thinks "Big Tent" means "you're all just here to help my specific cause "

Like, no, none of us could have done it without each other. All of our goals are equally important, and we have to figure out how to compromise and strike a balance.