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submitted 3 weeks ago by Linkerbaan@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That is a rare case of listening to constituents. You are right. Usually, they listen to donors over voters.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago

It's not a rare case they had no choice. Biden was a guaranteed loss.

Losing just 5% of voters makes enough of a difference for the Democrats to change policy.

They listen to their donors, but in the end they cannot do that if they don't get enough votes to get in power.