I think you’re interpreting this as me saying that we need moderate candidates to appeal to people who voted for Trump but I actually agree with most of what you wrote. I don’t think just any old leftist would work but my point is there does need to be some strategy or effort to widen the coalition, not just do everything the core voters want maximally.
For me, ideally this means left policies but maybe packaged in a slightly more palatable way. One thing that makes Trump appealing is that he’s been successful at convincing low-information voters that he’s some kind of reasonable, common-sense businessman. I don’t think this would exactly work for us but the point is that the persona and energy of the candidate is extremely important.
I think you’re interpreting this as me saying that we need moderate candidates to appeal to people who voted for Trump but I actually agree with most of what you wrote. I don’t think just any old leftist would work but my point is there does need to be some strategy or effort to widen the coalition, not just do everything the core voters want maximally.
For me, ideally this means left policies but maybe packaged in a slightly more palatable way. One thing that makes Trump appealing is that he’s been successful at convincing low-information voters that he’s some kind of reasonable, common-sense businessman. I don’t think this would exactly work for us but the point is that the persona and energy of the candidate is extremely important.