Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is seen as the "face" of the Democratic Party according to new polling.
    • frezik@midwest.social
      33·
      8 days ago

      Neither was Obama. Not long after he put a bow on the nomination, he voted for an expansive security bill. A lot of people were surprised, but not me.

    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      12·
      8 days ago

      In general, no. In terms of specific policies as an AG, there were some.

      I’d say she’s a centrist, with some progressive policies and some regressive. Just my opinion obviously.

    • WarlordSdocy@lemm.ee
      12·
      8 days ago

      Yeah I definitely agree, both Kamala and Obama are candidates that acted progressive in their primaries but as soon as they eventually got the nomination they went towards the corporate Democrat establishment. My main question is whether they were progressive at some point but let themselves be changed by the establishment, consultants, and donors or if they never really cared that much to begin with. The end state is the same but the difference is important as it gives us insight into how much power the consultants and others have over candidates vs if they didn’t really care then it wouldn’t have taken much to change them.

      • Redditsux@lemmy.worldOP
        7·
        8 days ago

        Kamala was picked as VP because Dems thought she would get votes from the republicans who aren’t so MAGA. She’s on the conservative side of things: tough on crime as AG, opposed cannabis legalization (changed position later), opposed abolition of death penalty (flipped later), etc.

        • Womble@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          7 days ago

          I’m not even sure it was as deep as that, IMO they shoo’d her in without any chalengers as she could legally use the Biden-Harris bribes donations they had already collected. Thats about the extent of their thinking.