Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Every Single Participant in NYT Focus Group Preferred #Progressive Candidates Over Moderate Ones
“The Democratic Party needs to embrace voices that resonate with people,” said one participant
https://www.commondreams.org/news/focus-group-nyt
from #CommonDreams
Feb 18, 2026
The newspaper spoke to 13 Democratic and independent voters including retirees from Indiana and Michigan, working people from states such as North Carolina and Nevada, and an unemployed voter from Iowa. The topic of discussion was the participants’ frustrations with the #DemocraticParty as it faces the #Trump administration and the president’s aggressive deployment of #US #ICEacross the country.
“Spineless” was one word a participant had for the #Democratic Party when asked to describe it. Another said the party appears “paralyzed” while a 46-year-old Latina woman from Nevada said #Democrats in Congress are “sellouts and suckers.”
Every Single Participant in NYT Focus Group Preferred Progressive Candidates Over Moderate Ones | Common Dreams
Democratic voters express intense dissatisfaction with party leadership, calling them spineless, sellouts, and incompetent. They praise progressive leaders like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders for clear messaging and action. Voters overwhelmingly choose progressive over moderate candidates. How can Democratic leaders ignore this anger and continue to cling to power? #ProgressiveLeadership #DemocraticParty #PoliticalChange