Jacobin, YouGov and the Center for Working-Class Politics Study the Working Class Voter

[Pressure]

By lumping together issues like Medicare for All (a relatively popular proposal) with defunding the police (a wildly unpopular one) into one “progressive agenda,” moderates are failing to recognize the very different levels of support enjoyed by different planks in the progressive agenda—particularly among the working class.

PROGRESSIVES GROUPED BOTH THESE TOGETHER ON THEIR OWN. MODERATES ARE ON RECORD OPPOSING DEFUND THE POLICE TO THE CHAGRIN OF PROGRESSIVES. WHAT KIND OF BULLshyt GASLIGHTING IS THIS?

 

[88m3]

(white working class)

 

[mastermind]

PROGRESSIVES GROUPED BOTH THESE TOGETHER ON THEIR OWN. MODERATES ARE ON RECORD OPPOSING DEFUND THE POLICE TO THE CHAGRIN OF PROGRESSIVES. WHAT KIND OF BULLshyt GASLIGHTING IS THIS?

Only Cori Bush said she supports it. I remember Abigail Spanberger, Centrist coalition, Biden and many others saying a progressive agenda cost the Dems last year and cited defunding the police as why they lost house seats.

Activists called for defund the police, which makes sense as to why Bush would since she is, but other Dem progressive politicians ran from it. Even Bernie said nah to it.