election demographics

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Nov 8 13:35:40 PST 2000


Brad DeLong wrote:


>You have to doubt it. You would have to move pretty far left in
>order to pull in those 3% that are Nader voters. And in the process
>you lose people in the center who think they don't like Democrats
>who engage in "class war."

Far left? Brad, you think of yourself as some kind of social democrat, no? Are the ideas of more favorable labor laws, campaign finance reform, a higher minimum wage, and national health insurance "pretty far left"? Are they so far left they'll never win an electoral constituency? If so, why not give up on soc dem politics completely?

Doug



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