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In reply to the discussion: Which wing of the Democratic Party do you feel fits you the closest? [View all]herding cats
(19,619 posts)I wish I had the luxury of such micro politics. I don't. I find these discussions an example of the banality of insulated people feeding each other's interpretations of our collective political reality. Yet, they don't actually know what's taking place in other people's lives just outside of their sheltered views. Which is the places where congressional seats are won, or lost.
I'm to the extreme left of the vast majority of the voting population where I live. I'm to the left of every single person I know, or have ever spoken to here. All of them. Yet, I long for the day they elect a centerist. I work with them to make it happen.
These things aren't black and white and I reject the premise of your poll. I may be who I am, but I will always support someone who can win and unseat the local hard right. I'd celebrate the victory with a good bottle of chilled champagne, too. Even if they're not my dream candidate personified. Because it would be that huge of a victory and a step forward.