The loss of Rep. Jamaal Bowman to AIPAC-backed challenger George Latimer is being played as a defeat for “the left” and a sign of the Democratic Party and its voters moving to the center. Sorry, but the reality is rather more complicated.
All workers should be unionized. Like what Bernie Sanders says, take care of the working man. We are the ones that make this country move. So just throw us a little crumb. You guys are still gonna be rich.
Will older, socially conservative voters care so much about culture-war issues in the midst of a pandemic? This Bronx election suggests political patterns might evolve more broadly among older voters in places like Florida and the Sun Belt.
...decades of redlining and discrimination...pushed poor minorities into ghettos, gentrification is pushing them out. The paradox is...young liberals, whose ideals theoretically go against these phenomena, are in fact producing that very effect.
Among the surprises this primary season were several high-profile upsets from the left. The lessons: The right candidate in the right district; Test. Don’t assume you know who the voters are; Go ahead and embrace the left; Redefine voter outreach...
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