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In reply to the discussion: When minority voters don't flock to a candidate, we're told we just don't know enough about them and [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)I said those who self define as Very Liberal is a good working definition of what I meant by "clearly progressive". That is a specific subset of those who define as liberal. Just like Methodists are a subset of Christians. But if you focus on Methodists instead of Christians as a whole you tend to weed out those Christians who are fundamentalists.
When I originally made my point I almost said "progressive" rather than "clearly progressive" because I realized that progressive is a vague term widely used and abused nowadays. I don't mind being asked what I meant by that but I tried to explain. People who describe themselves as "Very Liberal" IMO based on what I've read and seen tend to be very loyal Democratic voters. Not as loyal as African American voters, but more loyal than women in general, or Catholics in general. That's all.