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Far-left Democrats ran worse than moderates in 2026 midterms (lite.cnn.com)
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The 2026 midterm election showed that leftists like Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed — and even candidates who have been affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America — can win in competitive areas of the country, under the right circumstances.

But it also showed the danger of nominating candidates like them.

Many of them won, but they also often ran worse than other Democrats — and even further behind some of the party’s most moderate candidates.

The results clearly illustrate that nominating more moderate candidates remains the most fruitful path to winning swing seats and states. And they suggest candidates like El-Sayed could cost Democrats in less-wavey elections.

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[–] 15 points 3 days ago (1 child)

If this is a valid observation, how much of it is do with lack of instiutional support, both direct lack of support (Jackson) and damning-with-faint-praise (El-Sayed)? On top of establishment media making anyone's leftists policies the issue of discussion while completely ignoring anything the Republican oppponent's ever said or done?

That these candidates win against these currents leads me to the exact oppossite conclusion: these are the candidates that can win, and with less money.

Speaking of money, how about seeing how much money those better-performing moderates raised to continue the useless policies that will lead to the next and final fascist take over of the US?

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