https://www.newsmax.com/us/pol...dkt_nbr=010502g4z11q

Most Democrats want their party to "become more progressive," and say they agree with the more aggressive stance being taken by lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who are calling on the party to take a "more aggressive stance" against President Donald Trump and his administration, according to new polls.

A poll from Survey USA, taken from April 2-6 of 859 Republicans and 885 Democrats, showed that 50% of Democrats want their party to become more progressive, with 24% wanting it to stay the same, and 18% calling for it to become more moderate, reports Real Clear Polling.

Among Republicans, 40% said their party should become more conservative while 44% said it should remain the same.

The polling comes after the Democrats' losses of both chambers of Congress and the White House, leaving the party looking at how to move forward.

Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sanders, I-Vt., representing the progressive wing of the party, have been drawing crowds of tens of thousands with their "Fighting Oligarchy Tour," which has them speaking in Democrat-heavy locations such as Los Angeles and Denver and in Republican states such as Idaho and Montana.

Their tour also appears to be paying off for Ocasio-Cortez's fundraising efforts. She raised $9.6 million in the first three months of this year, more than double what she raised in her second-highest quarter, reports Politico.

She now has more than $8 million in cash-on-hand, according to fundraising reports from the Federal Elections Commission filed Tuesday.

Progressives are also calling on her to launch a primary challenge in 2028 against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have been speaking out in part in their rallies against the roles of Elon Musk and other billionaires in Trump's administration, and polls are showing that many Democrats are skeptical of massive cuts in government spending.

In a Harvard-Harris poll taken on April 9-10 among 2,236 registered voters, 62% of Democrats said their party should oppose the Trump administration's efforts to reduce government expenditures. However, independents, by 61% said they think Democrats should join in efforts to cut government spending.

The Harvard-Harris poll also asked respondents if they prefer Democrats like Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez, "who are calling on Democrats to adopt a more aggressive stance towards Trump and his administration and fight harder," or moderate Democrats "who are willing to compromise on Trump issues important to their base."

The poll showed that 72% of Democrats say they prefer more progressive party members like Sanders and AOC.

Republicans, however, said they support moderate Democrats who will compromise with their party, and independents, by 56%, said they would support the more moderate Democrats over hardliners.

The preferences are also showing in favorability polls on the lawmakers, according to recent Economist/YouGov polling.

Schumer scored a 42% favorability rating among Democrats, but AOC's favorability was at 66%. Sanders' rating was even higher, with 80% of Democrats and 42% of independents having a favorable opinion of him. Only 11% of Democrats and 32% of independents had a negative opinion of the Vermont senator.

Ha!Ha! Keep moving left and keep losing.

Libtards are 99.999% likely to learn the wrong lesson from a setback or asswhoopin'. Their big 3 lessons are always either one of the following or a combination:

It's never their fault (i.e. it wasn't a bad plan or bad strategy)

They're ahead of their time and the great unwashed masses need to catch-up

Others just didn't work as hard as they did

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A poll from Survey USA, taken from April 2-6 of 859 Republicans and 885 Democrats, showed that 50% of Democrats want their party to become more progressive, with 24% wanting it to stay the same, and 18% calling for it to become more moderate, reports Real Clear Polling.

These survey respondents are the people who answer the phone for unknown caller, and the people who respond to spam texts. By all means, set DNC strategy based on the opinions of these valuable members of society.

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Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity

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Most Democrats want their party to "become more progressive," and say they agree with the more aggressive stance being taken by lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who are calling on the party to take a "more aggressive stance" against President Donald Trump and his administration, according to new polls.

What does that even mean, specifically?
Just oppose Donald Trump even "more aggressively" than they already have since 2016???
They've already tried to sue him, imprison him, impeach him, and kill him. What else is there?
Or does it translate to any policy proposals?

If the political spectrum were a table, the Dems would already be hanging onto the left edge by their fingernails. But by all means, please let the communist/fascist nutjobs, AOC and Bernie the Grifter, take control of your party and complete its demise.

We won't miss you.

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Cool. My dream ticket (for continued Conservative government leadership) is Sandy Cortez and Jasmine Crockett. You go girls!

As long as they keep chasing their tails and eating their own, I'm good.

I imagine it is just the "mad" Dems that were really butt hurt because of the election that were polled.
There are however, a substantially commie, entitled ones that seek free shit and hence the support for the radicals of AOC and Crazy old Bernie.

Sounds like a great idea. I hope they never learn.

Isnt it amazing? People not only vote for AOC, they give her money!

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Most Democrats want their party to "become more progressive," and say they agree with the more aggressive stance being taken by lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Hell yes.

Yes, please, self-immolation is a very appropriate and rational response to recent political sea changes.

Except, and this is a big one, those on the right side will inevitably "move to the middle" compromising traditional Conservative values, and end up looking not unlike those they replace (hidden reference to "Animal Farm").

It comes under the umbrella of be careful what you wish for. We still have a long way to go, don't give up the fight!

I fully support this! These dummies never learn, do they?

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Except, and this is a big one, those on the right side will inevitably "move to the middle" compromising traditional Conservative values, and end up looking not unlike those they replace (hidden reference to "Animal Farm").

It comes under the umbrella of be careful what you wish for. We still have a long way to go, don't give up the fight!

Yep, if the center keeps moving to the left ... eventually you can't even solve differences with elections anymore. Maybe we are already there.
I would much rather have a rational opponent I can reason with.

And Cory Booker and other House Democrats want to put together a "rescue mission" to get the M13 out of El Salavdor, and I say please try. Keep doing what you're doing.


https://x.com/SenJohnKennedy/s...nistration-day-87%2F

Hmmm...what was it that 'doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results' was the classic definition of, again?

They're either a) insane, or b) happy being on the outside, where they can throw their tantrums without the responsibility of actual governance.

Keep going...

This is consistent. Whenever communism fails, it’s because there wasn’t enough communism.

DNC Vice Chair David Hogg is spending bucks on a campaign to oust moderate Democrats and to back campaigns for young far left newcomers to build the party towards a far left agenda. Hogg Boy, I love it.

https://freebeacon.com/latest-...he-wheel-incumbents/

If this was a TV series, they jumped the shark long ago.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Ha!Ha! Keep moving left and keep losing.

100%. Let them keep doing it and keep losing. Swing voters aren’t going for it. Be concerned when they swing, hard, to the middle, and that doesn’t look like an option anytime soon.