Democrats Have a New Center. The Old One Isn’t Taking It Well.
In an opinion column for the Liberty and Power newsletter, Ben Winsor argues that Democrats' midterm sweep — resounding wins in states including Kansas, Alaska, Texas and Mississippi — came from a defiant new populism attacking billionaires, Big Tech and corporate power, not from the moderation that Matt Yglesias, Jonathan Chait and Jonathan Cowan claim as a vindication. Winsor expects the winning populists to come to occupy the party's "moderate" lane while the old left-versus-center fight rages on, and recommends wedging Republicans with big, simple economic policies like raising the minimum wage and banning price gouging.
