The first five months of President Joe Biden’s term show the moderate wing of the Democratic Party still has a lot of juice left. We see that in the Senate, where moderates like Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are standing in the way of major filibuster reform. But it’s not just in Congress.
Democrats have or seem poised to choose moderates over more progressive opponents in some key primaries, which shouldn’t be surprising — Democrats throughout the nation are not looking to take the Party in a more liberal direction. A lesson we’ve learned over and over again is that Democratic voters are more moderate than commonly assumed. CONTINUED
Harry Enten, CNN