• Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s also not possible for most democrats to be on the far left of their party (unless the remaining minority are on average even further to the right of their party). If everyone’s further left than you’re expecting, that’s just the party’s new average center position.

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      Majority of Americans: Support policies X, Y, and Z.

      Democrats: Put policies X, Y, and Z into their platform.

      Republicans: Extreme socialist Demoncrabs want to destroy America!!!