"Progressives"

"Moderate progressives view the rejections of the Democrats from 1968 to 1984 as a sober lesson delivered by a sober populace. They view Americans today as wanting the same things economically that their parents and grandparents wanted from the New Deal: an active safety net that helps them move up in American life. In this view, Americans support Democrats when they use government to support and enhance middle-class values and aspirations. Moderate progressives believe Democrats got away from that heritage when they started to be perceived as worrying more about people who did not work than about those who did, as worrying more about criminals than the victims of crime, as worrying more about American aggression than about the freedom of the West".

"Liberal progressives" are even worse.

"Are liberal progressives right about recent American electoral history? Or do American voters fundamentally not want what liberal progressives have to offer?"

A good read about the "progressive" civil war, on the eve of an important American election.  I expect we'll find out who wins tomorrow.