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      Democrats are the moderate party right now. It’s actually very frustrating for progressive voters because they keep voting in Democrats that talk a big game while campaigning and then the moment they’re in office that all goes out the window and they go back to supporting the same moderate policies they always have.

      That’s the real difference between the Republicans and Democrats, the Republicans talk about moderate policies but then actually enact extremist policies, while the Democrats talk about extremist policies but then actually enact moderate ones.

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      9 months ago

      ???

      Biden is a moderate, as is the overwhelming majority of democratic members of Congress in both the house and the senate lol what are you on about.

      If you mean moderate Republicans are unrepresented, then yes, but you have Republicans to blame for that by their refusal to stop supporting extremists.

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        I think of “Moderate” as a slightly right-wing position. I think Biden is mostly a Liberal, maybe even a Social Liberal. I agree a lot of Democrats are Moderates.

        Nah I won’t blame voters for not being able to get a great result out of this system. We have so little power at the moment.

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          Biden is literally a conservative by most non-American standards. Even in the US, he’s still significantly more conservative than moderate left-leaning people here.

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            But I want to use the labels in less of a comparative and relative way. Match the policies to the political ideology.