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[โ€“] Arelin 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it's funny that you can get that when you run a campaing that focuses on material issues for the most part and don't try to court a non existent center/center right voting bloc that doesn't exist

In general the right left binary is not very accurate for capturing how most average people think of politics. People may be socially conservative on one issue and progressive on another. They might favor left wing economic policies but may not conceptualize it as left wing.

Mexico i would say has a more culturally conservative tradition than the USA does, yet Morena was able to successfully pass all sorts of socially progressive legislation, because they were lowkey about it while rhetorically emphasizing the bread and butter economic issues most

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

In general the right left binary is not very accurate for capturing how most average people think of politics.

Which is why you need more than two political parties!