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Renarima posted...

I think democratic voters prefer moderates more so because they are concerned about electability than because they are against the policies of the left wing. I think the polling supports that. If I am wrong though, all the more reason for leftists to organize somewhere besides the Democratic party.

2006, Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Democratic Senate Primary. Lost the primary to progressive Ned Lamont. Lieberman ran as an independent in the general election and crushed Lamont, securing his Senate seat, where he would go on to be the primary face (and progressive punching bag) of the internal Democratic movement to prevent the ACA from being more progressive than it was. Also, as progressive as the ACA was, its passage then turned around into a massive blowout in which the Democratic Party got ROUTED in Congress.

I don't know what else to tell you: if the voters do not reward efforts to push progressive policy (even if it's not AS sweeping and progressive as you'd like), why do you think the message the party receives will be "Well, we should go harder to the left" instead of "We went too far to the left"?