Survey: Democrats Favor Moderate Stance for 2028 Candidate

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52 percent say Democratic presidential nominee should move party to center​

More than half of likely Democratic voters in a new survey said the party’s next presidential candidate should reposition the party ideologically along more moderate lines.

The New York Times/Sienna poll released Wednesday found that 52 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents believe the party’s 2028 presidential nominee must move the party back to the center in order to win.

When asked about specific issues, 50 percent of respondents said they would like the candidate to move the party to the center on crime and 46 percent on immigration. On the issue of healthcare, 45 percent said they would like the candidate to move the Democratic Party to the left, while about a quarter each said they should stay the same or move it to the center.

Fifty-five percent of Democrats said they are generally satisfied with the party, while only 31 percent of Democratic-leaning independent voters said the same. Ninety-eight percent of voters in this independent group expressed dissatisfaction with the Republican Party.

I am firmly in that majority of Democrats that understand that our party will destroy itself if it doesn't move the center and quickly. After our last Democrat president, it is difficult to imagine voters saying, "let's do that again!"

Of course the most radical among us get all the attention from the media, so a moderate who focuses on governing well and improving the lives of their constituents is ignored because they are too busy giving a platform to radical Muslims who have managed to obtain U.S. citizenship and become office holders, and Gen Zers who grew up middle class and then ran for office in a working class area thinking the masses are gullible.

I've noticed that there are almost no posters on here willing to say "I'm a Democrat." I can understand why; I assume such posters are moderate Democrats unwilling and unable to defend frontrunner (per the media) Kamala Harris. I get how that's hard, but it's not what we need to do.

We need to promote moderate Dems. We don't have to claim that they are perfect, pure, and have all the answers. We just need to say that they - like Democrats have always - love the United States, care about the working class, and admire the successful.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5889121-democrats-moderate-candidate-2028/

If the advice from the base is that Dim politicians should to the center, and if the leadershit of the DNC had the presence of mind to seek such a change, it would not be a head fake.

They would regurgitate their revised talking pointlesses, but they wouldn’t actually make any move away from their mindless fringe political philosophy.

 

[BackAgain]

MAGA is the uniparty. Basically a bunch of democrats.

One of the dumber things you’ve posted lately. And that is saying something.

It’s a shame you say such mindless nonsense.

 

[TNHarley]

One of the dumber things you’ve posted lately. And that is saying something.

It’s a shame you say such mindless nonsense.

Hi leftist. Hope you had a great memorial day remembering all those we have lost from the Iran war, for Israel.

 

[Rawley]

1. Promote "moderate Dems"
2. Win election
3. After winning let the hard left run the show

Hopefully they wised up to the bait and switch their party pulled with Spanberger

 

[LoveKimWexler]

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No. What happened in 2020 was cheating. Period. With the help of a handy "virus" that made the idiots accept mail-in voting.

That's done.

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Suppose there was "cheating" (it was really just the Democrats being better at mobilizing, but whatever). That doesn't change the fact that this happened in 2020:

1. Promote "moderate Dems"
2. Win election
3. After winning let the hard left run the show

You have any comment on that factual narrative or do you just respond to all posts with "Nope the Democrats cheated!"?

 

[dblack]

52 percent say Democratic presidential nominee should move party to center​

More than half of likely Democratic voters in a new survey said the party’s next presidential candidate should reposition the party ideologically along more moderate lines.

The New York Times/Sienna poll released Wednesday found that 52 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents believe the party’s 2028 presidential nominee must move the party back to the center in order to win.

When asked about specific issues, 50 percent of respondents said they would like the candidate to move the party to the center on crime and 46 percent on immigration. On the issue of healthcare, 45 percent said they would like the candidate to move the Democratic Party to the left, while about a quarter each said they should stay the same or move it to the center.

Fifty-five percent of Democrats said they are generally satisfied with the party, while only 31 percent of Democratic-leaning independent voters said the same. Ninety-eight percent of voters in this independent group expressed dissatisfaction with the Republican Party.

I am firmly in that majority of Democrats that understand that our party will destroy itself if it doesn't move the center and quickly. After our last Democrat president, it is difficult to imagine voters saying, "let's do that again!"

Of course the most radical among us get all the attention from the media, so a moderate who focuses on governing well and improving the lives of their constituents is ignored because they are too busy giving a platform to radical Muslims who have managed to obtain U.S. citizenship and become office holders, and Gen Zers who grew up middle class and then ran for office in a working class area thinking the masses are gullible.

I've noticed that there are almost no posters on here willing to say "I'm a Democrat." I can understand why; I assume such posters are moderate Democrats unwilling and unable to defend frontrunner (per the media) Kamala Harris. I get how that's hard, but it's not what we need to do.

We need to promote moderate Dems. We don't have to claim that they are perfect, pure, and have all the answers. We just need to say that they - like Democrats have always - love the United States, care about the working class, and admire the successful.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5889121-democrats-moderate-candidate-2028/

Both parties need to understand that leaders are elected to represent the entire nation. Not just their party. Not just their side in the culture war.

Call that "moderate" if you like, but I don't think it has to be seen as some kind of waffling middle ground.

The goal should be consensus. Consensus is different than "compromise" or "collaboration". It doesn't mean we all hold hands and sing kumbaya. Consensus is more about what we won't do. In particular, we won't use the state to force significant social changes unless there is broad agreement on the matter. We won't force policies on the nation that half of us hate right out of the gate. That's not working.

 

[jacksonlamb]

The majority of what Trump is doing is what he said he was going to do.

And, for the most part, oh, so poorly.

 

[Meister]

Then propose sensible policies instead of forcing acceptance and demanding open borders and amnesty.

Focus on what their constituents want, and less what their party demands.

 

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Hi leftist. Hope you had a great memorial day remembering all those we have lost from the Iran war, for Israel.

Hi moron. I hope you actually appreciate what our fighting forces have done for you and all Americans and thought about them outside of just your partisan political nonsense.

I know you will not understand this, since you’re incredibly narrow minded, but it happens to be true that just because folks don’t buy all the things you believe, that doesn’t make them liberals.

I will say that you argue like a liberal.

 

[TNHarley]

Hi moron. I hope you actually appreciate what our fighting forces have done for you and all Americans and thought about them outside of just your partisan political nonsense.

I know you will not understand this, since you’re incredibly narrow minded, but it happens to be true that just because folks don’t buy all the things you believe, that doesn’t make them liberals.

I will say that you argue like a liberal.

I appreciate our military. It isnt their fault our leaders send them to die for other countries.
I didnt call you a liberal. I called you a leftist.

 

[dblack]

Then propose sensible policies instead of forcing acceptance and demanding open borders and amnesty.

If they'd focused on that, rather than trying to prosecute their rivals out of contention, we probably wouldn't be saddled with Trump.

 

[LoveKimWexler]

Both parties need to understand that leaders are elected to represent the entire nation. Not just their party. Not just their side in the culture war.

Call that "moderate" if you like, but I don't think it has to be seen as some kind of waffling middle ground.

The goal should be consensus. Consensus is different than "compromise" or "collaboration". It doesn't mean we all hold hands and sing kumbaya. Consensus is more a what we won't do. In particular, we won't force significant social changes with the government unless there is broad agreement. We won't force policies on the nation that half of us hate right out of the gate. That's not working.

Only talking about the president, I agree with all of that. In fact, now that you say that, I think it would be better if we could have presidential elections without regard to party. Something like the primary in California. Anyone can run in the primary, and then the top two go to the general. That way the president who most appeals to the most voters will win.

I think we'll always have party affiliation for congress, or something like it. Like-minded people like to live in the same areas, so congressmen will always tend left or right, even if we somehow eliminated parties. But a president for all the people would be the moderating influence on whichever party had the majority.

Probably never happen, because neither party will ever want to give up the chance to run the whole executive single-handedly, even if it means that the other party gets to do so also.

 

[dblack]

Only talking about the president, I agree with all of that. In fact, now that you say that, I think it would be better if we could have presidential elections without regard to party. Something like the primary in California. Anyone can run in the primary, and then the top two go to the general. That way the president who most appeals to the most voters will win.

Paired with ranked choice voting, that's the way to go. It even gets rid of gerrymandering. We had an initiative on the ballot last fall for exactly that kind of thing in Colorado. It was polling well before the election (60-70% support).

Guess who killed it?

Probably never happen, because neither party will ever want to give up the chance to run the whole executive single-handedly, even if it means that the other party gets to do so also.

They like a captive audience. The two parties have built up the system to ensure that only their members get to play. That way they don't have to front good candidates. Fear mongering is all they need.

 

[Dekster]

52 percent say Democratic presidential nominee should move party to center​

More than half of likely Democratic voters in a new survey said the party’s next presidential candidate should reposition the party ideologically along more moderate lines.

The New York Times/Sienna poll released Wednesday found that 52 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents believe the party’s 2028 presidential nominee must move the party back to the center in order to win.

When asked about specific issues, 50 percent of respondents said they would like the candidate to move the party to the center on crime and 46 percent on immigration. On the issue of healthcare, 45 percent said they would like the candidate to move the Democratic Party to the left, while about a quarter each said they should stay the same or move it to the center.

Fifty-five percent of Democrats said they are generally satisfied with the party, while only 31 percent of Democratic-leaning independent voters said the same. Ninety-eight percent of voters in this independent group expressed dissatisfaction with the Republican Party.

I am firmly in that majority of Democrats that understand that our party will destroy itself if it doesn't move the center and quickly. After our last Democrat president, it is difficult to imagine voters saying, "let's do that again!"

Of course the most radical among us get all the attention from the media, so a moderate who focuses on governing well and improving the lives of their constituents is ignored because they are too busy giving a platform to radical Muslims who have managed to obtain U.S. citizenship and become office holders, and Gen Zers who grew up middle class and then ran for office in a working class area thinking the masses are gullible.

I've noticed that there are almost no posters on here willing to say "I'm a Democrat." I can understand why; I assume such posters are moderate Democrats unwilling and unable to defend frontrunner (per the media) Kamala Harris. I get how that's hard, but it's not what we need to do.

We need to promote moderate Dems. We don't have to claim that they are perfect, pure, and have all the answers. We just need to say that they - like Democrats have always - love the United States, care about the working class, and admire the successful.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5889121-democrats-moderate-candidate-2028/

Problem is most of that 52% won't vote in the primaries but most of the remaining 48% will

 

[1srelluc]

Greasing the skids for Rahm Emanual....Sure as shit.

 

[martybegan]

Hopefully they wised up to the bait and switch their party pulled with Spanberger

Too many of them are too far deep down the rabbit hole.

 

[BackAgain]

Both parties need to understand that leaders are elected to represent the entire nation. Not just their party. Not just their side in the culture war.

Call that "moderate" if you like, but I don't think it has to be seen as some kind of waffling middle ground.

The goal should be consensus. Consensus is different than "compromise" or "collaboration". It doesn't mean we all hold hands and sing kumbaya. Consensus is more about what we won't do. In particular, we won't use the state to force significant social changes unless there is broad agreement on the matter. We won't force policies on the nation that half of us hate right out of the gate. That's not working.

Of course our elected representatives and senators are supposed to represent all of their respective constituencies. That’s not exactly breaking news.

But they are chosen for a variety of reasons. They have very different political philosophies on HOW to govern. So, of course they have different approaches as to how they seek the outcomes they believe we need. (Not, for the moment, considering that they often have alternative reasons for the things they seek.)

Not always, but often enough, it’s the particulars methods they are seeking to use to attend to any given particular political question which defines the division between liberals and conservative.

For example, a policy for providing some basic but needed safety net for some people in need might be achieved by a public works service OR it might be achieved by simply taking taxpayer’s monies from the treasury to essentially “give” to them.

The common agreement (which is overstating things, admittedly) is that we as a society do believe in some public assistance as a safety net. The disagreement comes from (among other things) the manner in which that goal might be achieved.

Those different views about what role the government should have in pursuit of the common objective matter.

 

[Rawley]

Too many of them are too far deep down the rabbit hole.

Which is why I question this poll. THey are running a Vegan who believes there are six genders, IN TEXAS. Running a Nazi in Maine. ...

The party has (irretrievably?) lost it's way. I thank God my dad is not around to see it.

 

[jacksonlamb]

Problem is most of that 52% won't vote in the primaries but most of the remaining 48% will

A lot of them have been, and so have MAGA, as the Texas Senate primary demonstrated yesterday.

 

[BackAgain]

I appreciate our military. It isnt their fault our leaders send them to die for other countries.
I didnt call you a liberal. I called you a leftist.

Big distinction. False either way.

Nobody is sending our forces “to die for other countries.”

Your petty-ass sound bites are absurd.