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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Sirota

It’s time for Democrats to fear their own voters

SPAIN-NATO-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT<br>US President Joe Biden addresses media representatives during a press conference at the NATO summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 30, 2022. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
‘Democratic constituencies may finally be evaluating their party’s president on his actual record.’ Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

After the overturning of Roe v Wade, there is bad news and there is good news. But first, an admission.

For most of my adult life, I’ve clung to a grand unifying theory: the only way to fight off rightwing fascism is to build not just a well-organized progressive movement, but to also mobilize rank-and-file apolitical Democratic voters to press their own party to deliver.

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