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As AOC and Sanders Draw Crowds, 72% of Democrats Want Party to Abandon Centrist Approach to Trump (www.commondreams.org)

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The two progressive lawmakers have addressed massive crowds in solidly red states including Idaho and Utah in recent days, as party of the national Fighting Oligarchy Tour.

A survey taken by Harvard's Center for American Political Studies and Harris between April 9-10 found that 72% of Democratic voters supported politicians like Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), "who are calling on Democrats to adopt a more aggressive stance towards Trump and his administration and 'fight harder'," rather than leaders who are willing to "compromise" with President Donald Trump.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

If 72% of Democrats want to drop centrist approach then go vote for a progressive in the primaries you bunch of non-voting assholes.

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

The last time they even had primaries was 2016 and we all saw what happened then. Voters have had no choice for a long ass time.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

WTF are you talking about? We had primaries just last year.

https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/2024-state-primary-election-dates

That's the problem with progressives and democrats, they never seem to remember that there are other primaries other than presidential that actually do matter.

[–] generichate1546@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The DNC fucked Bernie in 16 for Hillary... forgive me if I don't the have Faith in their abilitie to read the god-damned room... being said by a guy who did vote for Harris and would have voted for literally anyone but this situation....the DNC needs to listen to the people, not use superdelegates to ensure the proper "sanctioned" candidates are on the ballot.

We WANT change...but also fuck the non voting idiots....unless it really was election tampering by Elon and Putin(again)

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Agree with you there. It really is kind of shocking to see the Democratic primary being the least democratic when compared with the Republican primary that's full of fascists.

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