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leftstreet

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11. I think we're starting to see a shift

Reply to QueerDuck (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 03:24 PM

Yesterday

Maybe you're drawing on areas with strong party affiliations, but little talk of the economic issues that transcend left/right/center. Out here in the West it's been YEARS since campaign signs even indicated Democrat or Republican

Things are changing. Right now Seattle's Mayor-elect ran as a progressive and won. But before you say "Oh Seattle, totally blue" she defeated a fellow Democrat!

The new distinction is going to be Democratic Capitalist vs Democratic Socialist

just sayin

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