There is no tradeoff--the job of Dems is to be Dems, not to try to appeal to a far, far right GOP.
As always, asking a Dem to try to split the difference between GOP and Dem is asking them to move to the far right. Let's not. saideman.blogspot.com/2025/09/prof...
Steve Saideman
this is why Shapiro is much more popular than Fetterman with Democrats, but much less popular than Fetterman with Republicans...there is a clear tradeoff.
link to the analysis here goodauthority.org/news/these-d...
Ideological moderation might appeal to conservatives, but it can also rankle liberals in this year's midterms.
