Opinion: JRubinBlogger doesn't think Democrats need a left-wing nominee to turn out the base
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces the Medicare for All Act of 2019 with Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Jeff Merkley during a news conference last month in Washington.
Lest you think that Democratic moderates couldn’t turn out young voters or nonwhite voters, census data showed soaring participation by both categories of voters: “Among 18- to 29-year-olds, voter turnout went from 20 percent in 2014 to 36 percent in 2018, the largest percentage point increase for any age group — a 79 percent jump. ... Voter turnout increased among non-Hispanic Asians by 13 percentage points, a 49 percent increase.” And African American turnout increased by 11 percent.
To sum up, the lesson from 2018 was that moderate Democrats could flip seats from red to blue. While they won over college-educated suburban voters, they also ginned up turnout among young and nonwhite voters. What exactly is the strategy then in finding the most extreme nominee for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination? You got me, but that’s why President Trump goes out of his way to compliment Sen.
Nevertheless, six months after the midterms, the temptation to go far left remains despite the midterm experience. Presidential campaigns are still bamboozled by ultra-progressives goading them to take more radical positions. Despite all the available evidence, the media still insists that the party is being pulled to the left. Taking the left-wing bait would be foolish for presidential aspirants, and voters would be foolish to buy in to the “Democrats go far left” punditry.
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