The one question that has consumed Dems since this whole race began a billion years ago is this: Which of these pretenders can oust Trump from the White House? In survey after survey, Dems across the nation have made that amply clear. This is usually used as a stick by centrists to beat the left with. But that stick is based on the assumption that something approximating the median voter theorem holds. Fortunately or unfortunately, things are not so simple. Just ask yourself where Trump stood with respect to the GOP's center in 2016. Instead of one-dimensional left-right positioning, what we need is a diagnosis of the present predicament. You can't fix it unless you know what's broken. In order to defeat Trump, you need to know
The Evidence from Iowa (so far)
The Evidence from Iowa (so far)
The Evidence from Iowa (so far)
The one question that has consumed Dems since this whole race began a billion years ago is this: Which of these pretenders can oust Trump from the White House? In survey after survey, Dems across the nation have made that amply clear. This is usually used as a stick by centrists to beat the left with. But that stick is based on the assumption that something approximating the median voter theorem holds. Fortunately or unfortunately, things are not so simple. Just ask yourself where Trump stood with respect to the GOP's center in 2016. Instead of one-dimensional left-right positioning, what we need is a diagnosis of the present predicament. You can't fix it unless you know what's broken. In order to defeat Trump, you need to know