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In reply to the discussion: Why Hasn't The American Left Convinced More Americans To Vote For More Progressive Candidates? [View all]Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)You want more progressives, liberals, and leftists, then people need to organize at the local level. Get a sufficient number of progressives to run for position in the Democratic party leadership in your district or town. Elect progressives as city councils, school commissioners, mayors. Move these people to state elected office, and then federal elected office. A real "progressive" or "liberal" is not going to appear magically with a following that will get him or her elected.
The left in this country has been moribund for decades. The Republicans moved from right wing to far right wing to radical right. The democrats followed across the political center and now range from barely left to center to classic Conservatives. The Affordable Health Care Act is better than what we hand, bit is almost completely a Conservative Republican bill from the 1990's. So, in many ways, the Democratic party is now a 1990's Republican Party. The Republican Party consists of radicals and John Birch Society want-to-bes who the Republicans rejected in the 50's.
Getting real "progressives" in control will require a long slow slog and will need grassroots level organization.