Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ plan doesn’t solve their intra-party fights

Published July 25, 2017 4:23pm ET



Democrats unveiled their “Better Deal” plan on Monday, again demonstrating how crippling the impacts of the internal conflicts inflamed by the party’s 2016 presidential primary will continue to be.

The proposal has been described as a “populist” pitch to recapture hemorrhaging support from economically-disadvantaged workers who feel alienated by the party. But how far will that actually take Democrats? A Vox analysis by Jeff Stein explained how the plan’s tightrope-walking could still end up alienating people on both ends of the Democratic spectrum.

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