"The Moderate Middle Is A Myth"

[Algernon Moncrieff]

12. The Republican party became increasingly successful as it moved ideologically away from the center

What you are now seeing is our party doing the same.

It's not comfortable for many of us.

DU represents a subset of politically engaged center-lefties to far-lefties. We all despise Trump. When you get out to those who see politics in different terms, while they may dislike Trump, they will vote their pocketbooks. Bloomberg is a centrist but appeals to that dogged group that equate intelligence with wealth - if he's rich, it means he must be smart. Sanders appeals to a group (Millenials in particular, but also labor Dems) who support the ideals of the Democratic Party, but didn't view the Clintons or even necessarily Barack Obama as someone who solved their problems.