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Do Leftists Want Joe Biden to Lose?
A Fair Exploration of the Ideological Litmus Test, Record Distrust, and 2024 Prospects
Kyle Kylanski is arguably the most influential leftist with millions of followers between Twitter and YouTube.
When it comes to current events, many leftist arguments originate with him. One of Kyle Kylanski’s central arguments is that he will not vote for Joe Biden because Joe Biden doesn’t support at least one-of-his-top-five-positions: “Medicare for All, free college, living wage, ending the wars, and UBI.” If Joe Biden supported one of those positions then Kyle Kylanski said he’d vote for him in 2020.
Kyle Kylanski’s view is that he doesn’t want to keep rewarding the Democratic party with his vote because it signals to the party that they can continue to ignore leftist demands while taking leftist support for granted.
But what is better? If Joe Biden gave 10%, 10%, 10%, 10%, 100% on each of those positions, or if he gave 50%, 50%, 50%, 50%, 50%?
With the latter, leftists are getting more of their agenda through even though Joe Biden fails their ideological purity test on each issue.
The truth is that Joe Biden is overall the most leftist Democratic nominee in American history with a running mate who has a…
