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There's no "new party". Democrats won in Virginia by being centrist. Not every part of the country is exactly the same.
But they won. Because the alternative was a literal maga crazy person who doesn't think prejudice against LGBT people is discriminatory.
Now, you can be unhappy that it wasn't some mystical ultra progressive (that wasn't even running in the race)... or you can be happy that at least the needle didn't shift even further right. Now that's not to say "Vote Blue NMW", but it will be easier to field progressives in the future from Spanberger's position, than from Winsome's. And maybe next time, the magical lefty messiah Lisan al Gaib will be running and the choice will be between them vs the centrist democrat, instead of a centrist democrat vs a literal smoothbrained maga dummy.
I certainly didn't dispute that. Both won by running races that best appealed the majority of voters in their electoral areas. People here are somehow mad that we got the governorship of Virginia? The confirmation bias is ridiculous.
Yeah, welcome to much of America that isn't NYC, a major urban metropolis. And Mamdani still had decent opposition from a sex offender. Gonna ignore that? If you try, you could downplay his victory as much as hers but why would you? They're both wins. Winning shouldn't divide us. Also, it's bit easier for a Democrat to win the mayoralty of NYC than it is the governorship of purple Virginia.
I'm happy in either case. All I care about is a pragmatic approach that moves society in the way I most agree with. Allowing Donald Trump to come to power doesn't qualify.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Not to say there isn’t, because we’ve seen that doing so is how you get people like Trump and voter apathy.
Almost like not every part of the party is exactly the same?
The "new" part is being nonbiased instead of ridiculously biased.
If you're confused and something sounds like it doesn't make sense, ask questions instead of making assumptions
That supports my point, it doesn't dispute it.
What the fuck does that mean? Non-biased, is that a joke? People, trying to divide the party to help Republicans win, are obviously biased. I on the other hand accept both wins in NYC and Virginia while you accept only NYC.
I didn't express confusion or uncertainty. This is a pathetic argument tactic that intentionally avoids the topic at hand.
Stop trying to divide the party. That's how you uncompromising ideologues gave us a second Trump presidency.
I think the problem is you don't understand what the DNC is...
If you chill out and try to have a civil conversation, I can help