I think it's 50/50 pure ideology, with the other half being convinced by the first half you need to be centrist to raise enough money to win in competitive districts.
That stuff just isn't true for an incumbent, a progressive has insane fundraising capacity compared to these unknown moderates.
I totally agree, being a progressive helps with fundraising. But it's harder for an unknown to win that way in their first election, among these total random downballot progressives only josh4congress raised a competitive amount of money.
I also think some of their progressives can't win stuff is that they think progressives like AOC have an outsized influence on the public perception of the democratic party, and that hurts candidates down ballot.
I don't really agree with this stuff, but it's not a totally braindead thing to think. Social conservatives don't really have a place in the modern dem party even if they support social democratic reform.
I think it's 50/50 pure ideology, with the other half being convinced by the first half you need to be centrist to raise enough money to win in competitive districts.
That stuff just isn't true for an incumbent, a progressive has insane fundraising capacity compared to these unknown moderates.
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I totally agree, being a progressive helps with fundraising. But it's harder for an unknown to win that way in their first election, among these total random downballot progressives only josh4congress raised a competitive amount of money.
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I also think some of their progressives can't win stuff is that they think progressives like AOC have an outsized influence on the public perception of the democratic party, and that hurts candidates down ballot.
I don't really agree with this stuff, but it's not a totally braindead thing to think. Social conservatives don't really have a place in the modern dem party even if they support social democratic reform.