Democratic Members of "The Squad" Re-elected To Congress

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Democratic 'squad' members elected back to Congress
Prominent members of the so-called Democratic “squad” have won reelection to Congress.

We reported earlier that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had won her race in New York. The Associated Press has also called contests in Minnesota for Ilhan Omar; in Massachusetts for Ayanna Pressley; in Michigan for Rashida Tlaib; and in Missouri for Cori Bush.

The group of progressive legislators gave themselves the “squad” nickname for their disruptive style, but insisted they were about building an equitable society.

Nonetheless, their tactics have sometimes jarred with the Democratic party’s mainstream. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the progressive Democratic House caucus of which the others are vocal members, made a humiliating U-turn last month when she was forced to withdraw a letter urging Joe Biden to engage in talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

 

[KenDaGamer]

 

[KO896]

Why do people fall for that?

They vote to defund the police and are against gun ownership, yet one of them has hired security to protect her. It makes no sense.

AOC was all about the poor children locked in cages when Trump was in office, and then when Biden had them in cages she was nowhere to be seen.

It's like people vote the party and hope for the best? Good luck with that.

 

[Webster]

It's like people vote the party and hope for the best?

That works both ways; just look at Tennessee and Arkansas and Louisiana and Alabama. I'll tell you, Jesus Christ Himself could run in those states as a Democrat and they'd still vote for the other person.

 

[Scarlet Rose]

I find it quite discouraging that they are considered to represent the far left of the Democrat party. By comparison they are obviously better than those who are more mainstream within their party, and especially those who are conservative. If they were the right wing, or even more central to the Democrats then I think the Democratic party would fare better. As while I don't like all their policies, they tend to be more in tune with what the general public need as opposed to the more right leaning Democrats who have control of the party now.

 

[Webster]

I find it quite discouraging that they are considered to represent the far left of the Democrat party. By comparison they are obviously better than those who are more mainstream within their party, and especially those who are conservative. If they were the right wing, or even more central to the Democrats then I think the Democratic party would fare better. As while I don't like all their policies, they tend to be more in tune with what the general public need as opposed to the more right leaning Democrats who have control of the party now.

The political spectrum of American politics is quite skewed to the right as opposed to most Western-oriented countries; for instance, the Right loves to obsess over how "socialist" Democrats are when, in most other countries, Democrats would be anywhere from center-left to social democratic to even socialist.

 

[Scarlet Rose]

The political spectrum of American politics is quite skewed to the right as opposed to most Western-oriented countries; for instance, the Right loves to obsess over how "socialist" Democrats are when, in most other countries, Democrats would be anywhere from center-left to social democratic to even socialist.

Is this reflective of the general populace or the political structures and institutions themselves? There are quite a few systematic features which either downplay people's votes or greatly compromise their access. Even when the polling suggests that a more leftwing approach is warranted the Democrats often don't follow through on that.

 

[Webster]

Is this reflective of the general populace or the political structures and institutions themselves? There are quite a few systematic features which either downplay people's votes or greatly compromise their access. Even when the polling suggests that a more leftwing approach is warranted the Democrats often don't follow through on that.

More reflective of the general populace; America, by and large, is a centrist country with a lot of conservative tilt to it (particularly in the areas of religion and guns) and both parties until about 2010 or so were uniquely big-tented parties.