Most non-voters are further to the left than the average Democratic voter.
I have never seen any evidence to support your claim. Do you have any? I'm asking because I've known many, many nonvoters. They weren't progressives. They were social conservatives and totally ignorant in regards to most political ideas. They were usually young, mostly white and low income. Their attitudes were that it didn't matter if they voted or not, but they never gave me any explanation as to why they felt that way. They were also religious. One told me that she was thinking of voting when McCain was running with Palin because she loved Sara Palin's message, whatever that meant.
I also was able to convince a couple of young black acquaintances to register to vote when Obama was running. They had never voted before. I doubt they knew much about politics. They just liked Obama. One of them didn't even bother to vote in the midterms. She used the excuse that she had to work on election day. But, guess what? We have three full weeks, including a Saturday and a Sunday to vote in Georgia. She didn't even know that. These women were all much younger than I am. Imo, most non voters are apathetic and/or ignorant in regards to politics. Plus, I also know people who only vote in presidential elections. How ignorant is that? Who controls Congress is extremely important and most of the newbies in the House are considered moderates. Why don't we spend more time worrying about that? Just this week, the House voted to raise the minimum wage to 15 per hour, but Mitch the turtle won't even bring that to the floor of the Senate for a vote, not that it would pass, but still.... Without control of Congress, no progressives will accomplish a thing, with or without a Democratic president. But, Trump isn't an ordinary president. He's a total nutcase dictator wanna be. That's exactly why getting rid of him must be our primary goal.
So, I'm not being snarky. I'm seriously asking. Where is the evidence that most non voters are very progressive? You may live in a very liberal area where that is true, but in my area, most white people are either moderate Democrats or conservative Republicans. Most black people that I know personally are moderate Democrats, but they will vote for any Democratic candidate. Do you talk in person to many people about their political views? I do it on a daily basis. I have a white neighbor in her 70s who is a Democrat, but she's not nearly as far left as Bernie. In fact, she told me she hates him, despite or maybe because she lived in New England for the past forty years. She still wears her Hillary T-shirt when she's at home. I also have a friend who doesn't vote because she's lost her ID and is disabled and poor. She's fairly moderate by your standards. Maybe it depends on where you and I live. But, from what I've read from your posts, I would say that you and I don't even agree on the definition of what determines progressive or moderate. I have no problem with progressive ideas to an extent, but in order for me to support them, they must be realistic. I'm not a socialist. I'm a person who strongly believes that the best system is a mix of government supported programs mixed with well regulated capitalism. I don't want infrastructure or prisons to be privatized. I want a strong safety net and good public education, with very affordable colleges, especially technical and vocational colleges, where most of the jobs are. I would love to see non profit healthcare, although it doesn't need to be single payer to be effective. By any traditional definition, that makes me a progressive. Progressives don't have to agree on everything. We aren't sheep who march lock step like most conservatives do these days.
But, as I've said repeatedly, let's get the mother fucker out of the WH. We can worry about the "revolution" later.
