Progressives dream of a Democratic future. Yet as the 2020 primary heats up, the presidential frontrunners refuse to read the cold, hard numbers for what they say.
At the New York Times, Nate Cohn and Kevin Quealy did a deep dive into the divide between Democrats active on social media and those who are not. Less vocal Democrats, outnumbered 2-to-1 on social media, are overhelmingly more concerned about the overreach of political correctness in the country, identify as moderate or conservative, and are less white and more black. Just one-quarter of Democrats overall consider themselves ideologically consistent progressives, and as Cohn and Quealy note, less engaged voters have “an appreciation for well-known, battle-tested politicians who have been on their side or even delivered in the past.”
