WASHINGTON _ Progressive activists are emboldened as the 2020 presidential primary season begins, but other Democratic leaders are already questioning whether a nominee chosen by energized liberals can both excite the base and hold onto red-district voters who just helped deliver them the House of Representatives.
It's a critical issue in general election battleground states that Donald Trump won last time, from Florida to Pennsylvania.
"The hard part is, for Democrats to keep winning in districts like this, they have to make sure the person running in 2020 is someone who can present that statesmanlike or stateswomanlike ability while exciting the base," said Brady Quirk-Garvan, the Democratic chair of Charleston County, S.C.
