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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dustin Guastella

Is the Democratic party embracing Bernie Sanders-style politics?

zohran mamdani looks at bernie sanders as he speaks into microphone
‘This would be a populism worthy of the name and if moderate Democrats are embracing such a call, they ought to be welcomed with open arms.’ Photograph: Julius Constantine Motal/EPA

Since the Democrats’ sweeping victories on 4 November, a strange thing has happened among the party factions: a semblance of unity has emerged.

At first, “affordability” became the slogan of rapprochement. Moderates, populists and socialists agreed Democrats must campaign around the cost-of-living crisis and hang the broken economy around Donald Trump’s neck.

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