Despite the media screaming about the Democratic Civil war of the centrists vs progressives?
The parties voters have ALWAYS had most of it’s actual voters in the middle leaning slightly to the right…
Bill Clinton was a centrist , Brick Obama turned out to be one, and Hillary Clinton would have been one also….
Joe Biden started off more centre right, but has moved a bit to the left ….
With all this?
We see that Elizabeth Warren has backed down from her troubled healthcare plan and Bernie Sanders along wears the suit of the progressive/lefty….
So?
A small town mayor for Indiana, that set the political world on fire for being openly gay , and being able to actually sound pretty smart became the flavour of last month….
How?
By moving a bit to the centre ….
Now he’s lost his flavour because being in that position means an bright spotlight on ya, and THAT means your little hiccups take apiece out of ya….
So under all that attention?
Bernie sanders is back as the guy in second place….
He’s NOT a centrist….
And it looks like he could very well be on the path to ANOTHER nomination loss to one….
The shifts reflect in part the broader trajectory of the Democratic primary, which initially appeared to herald a dramatic leftward surge. The center of gravity is settling in a less revolutionary place. Many liberals — at first excited by Buttigieg and the change he promised — now see him as embodying a dynamic they find deeply frustrating.
The evolution is arguably working for Buttigieg, who regularly polls in the top tier of the Democratic candidates. But it has also given rise to complaints that the mayor of South Bend, Ind., is carefully calculating his positions rather than passionately expressing his principles.
The tension has begun flaring up regularly on the campaign trail. Some of Buttigieg’s former supporters are even using Twitter to ask for their donations back, deploying the hashtag #RefundPete.
At a recent campaign event at Iowa’s Grinnell College, when Buttigieg’s aides signaled it was time to wrap up, the candidate instead turned to a group that had been holding signs in the front row and asked resignedly, “Do you want to do the thing?”
They stood and held up sheets with protest messages, which Buttigieg read off one by one before responding. “Wall Street Pete” said one; Buttigieg shot back, “They said the same thing about Obama.” Another said “You will kill us;” Buttigieg answered, “That’s mean. I’m here to help.”
Buttigieg is not alone among the Democrats in scooting toward the center. While Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has maintained his left-leaning positions — and even amplified them — much of the rest of the field has slid away from him…..
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