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Have an honest question, I find Biden to be an extremely moderate for a democratic candidate and on a political compass he's barely different from Trump. However my inlaws and many people on the conservative Reddit find him to be super woke, progressive and basically the devil.
However most on liberal leanings denounce him for being too conservative.
Where is the disconnect? Just fake news?
Comment by bl1y at 06/03/2024 at 21:54 UTC
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Most *liberals* won't find him too conservative. Most *progressives* will, but they'd say the same thing about 99% of Democrats.
As for him being "woke," this is probably largely in response to his approach towards appointments, such as only considering black women for the VP spot.
Comment by sporks_and_forks at 06/03/2024 at 17:53 UTC
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he's a bit of an enigma.. he's whatever you want to make him out to be. for many Dems he's "the most progressive candidate in a lifetime". for the right he's a woke commie. for folks like myself he's a run-of-the-mill center-right establishment Dem.
maybe it all has something to do with him being a career politicians? he's a bit slippery in that respect.
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Comment by No-Touch-2570 at 06/03/2024 at 02:53 UTC
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Biden has some policies that are further left than people expected, and he has other policies that are further right than people expected. He's been in politics for 50 years, he doesn't fit neatly into the modern political coalitions.