because when you watch tv or scroll through social media...all you see are democrats like aoc, stacey abrams, etc. dominating most of the conversation/exposure.

we really are becoming victims of our own bubble/echo chamber in this regard.

but moderate/conservative dems still have a 2:1 margin advantage over very liberal/progressive voters in the base. and the majority are older than 50.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5u6B-IXoAE3H2v.jpg

thats why i found it kinda funny when bernie campaign surrogates were crying foul over dem primary polling samples that had the majority of respondents over 50 and bernie losing by a significant margin to biden. who exactly do they think actually votes (especially in a primary)?

i keep bringing this stat up to bring liberals/progressives back to reality. but out of the 40 seats dems flipped in the house in 2018 in a wave year...only *1* ran on a 'progressive' platform (medicare for all, etc). and that 1 really only got swept in by a blue wave in typically repub stronghold orange county (they def arent progressive out there). the 2 senate seats that flipped blue were conservative/moderate. and the near-sweep of the rust belt governorships were moderates.

the voters who *those* politicians appealed to are the ones who largely make up the dem base.