Is America still moving in a radical right direction?

Given the narrowness of the victory and the 'centrism' of the Biden campaign, it seems the case to me.

A landslide Biden win would have seen a GOP war on whether to stick with right populism. As it is, the Republicans are disincentivized to move away from the Trump legacy. I think the next Republican nominee will be the person closest to Trump and might even be the man himself if he stays out of jail.

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BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

In my opinion, this was the best possible outcome. Trump lost, but Biden far underperformed expectations. I won't hold my breath but I really hope that this demonstrates to the democratic establishment that they won office almost entirely on anti-Trump sentiment, and that if they wanna avoid a repeat of what happened in 2016, they need to start serving their base, and stop running towards the center.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@BlueMetalChick Are the really gonna do that though? My experience in the UK is that establishment liberals hate the left more than they wanna win elections. The electability argument is used obviously but they dont wanna lose power over the party and dont wamna upset the doner class.

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@BlueMetalChick on the topic of Biden underperforming, it is worth noting that Donald Trump had a record vote. He lost with more votes than the previous record holding Victor and Biden still beat that.

On the democratic takeaway, lot of them are blaming the left on losing their congressional races (despite the more left among them managing to win quite a bit).

BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

@Burnley123 Hence why I say I won't hold my breath. They always take the exact wrong lessons from this shit. Had Biden lost the election, they would not have come to the realization that they need to embrace the platform that their constituents want them to. They'd have said "Fuck, we need to run even MORE to the right."

BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

@ViciDraco I know. They'll always blame the left flank of the party. I always think of Bill Mahr in 2016 when the PCCC said over and over and over "Don't run Clinton, she's a weak candidate and she'll lose" and then she lost and Mahr was all like "What the fuck this is your fault" even though WE WARNED YOU NOT TO DO IT.