Questions about 2022
Dec. 24th, 2021 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mprotsenkoBuild Back Better is basically dead. (Thanks, dear Senate moderates!) No climate change reforms, no child tax credit (which has been proven to cut child poverty in half).
In addition we have bipartisan increases in a police funding across the country. We have no DACA reform. The list goes on and on - the picture is clear.
And this picture makes me wonder: how is it going to affect voters' turnout in 2022?
Are we going to see a "moderate wave" - after all, Democrats are delivering everything moderates wanted with a conservative cherry on top of this cake? Are we going to see a noticeable depression in progressive turnout (in addition to a traditional midterm turnout slump)?
In the latter case, what are pundits going to say? Are we going to hear (again) that Democrats' platform is too radical?
Your guess is as good as mine.
In addition we have bipartisan increases in a police funding across the country. We have no DACA reform. The list goes on and on - the picture is clear.
And this picture makes me wonder: how is it going to affect voters' turnout in 2022?
Are we going to see a "moderate wave" - after all, Democrats are delivering everything moderates wanted with a conservative cherry on top of this cake? Are we going to see a noticeable depression in progressive turnout (in addition to a traditional midterm turnout slump)?
In the latter case, what are pundits going to say? Are we going to hear (again) that Democrats' platform is too radical?
Your guess is as good as mine.