Progressive Voters
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The Guardian : Trump’s claims about California vote-rigging are a grim preview of November | Moira Donegan
Positively frames younger, progressive voters as legitimate and dignified participants in democracy
The article contrasts Trump’s grievances with the democratic inclusion of progressive, forward-looking voters, especially in urban settings like Los Angeles.
“What is 'fraudulent' in Nithya Raman’s defeat of Spencer Pratt in the LA mayoral contest is not that she did not get the votes, but that the kind of younger, more progressive, more forward-looking voters she attracted in Los Angeles are granted the same right to vote, the same dignity of citizenship...”
The Guardian : Starmer’s failure to demonstrate strong values ‘driving away progressive voters’
framed as being excluded from Labour's current political vision
The article highlights that progressive voters feel alienated and unrepresented by Starmer, positioning them as a community being left out despite their openness to Labour.
“Progressive voters have been driven away from Labour by a lack of argument and vision from Keir Starmer, according to a report using research from a senior pollster to Tony Blair and Bill Clinton.”