{"id":78175,"date":"2019-06-20T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T07:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?post_type=commentary&p=78175"},"modified":"2019-06-20T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T07:01:38","slug":"democratic-voters-more-centrist-than-their-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_es\/commentary\/2019\/06\/democratic-voters-more-centrist-than-their-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Los votantes dem\u00f3cratas son m\u00e1s centristas que su partido"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the state Democratic Party staged a convention in San Francisco a few weeks ago, it drew many of the seemingly countless would-be presidential candidates \u2013 particularly those positioning themselves on the party\u2019s left-most wing.<\/p>\n

Delegates roared their approval as hopeful after hopeful denounced President Donald Trump and promised a cornucopia of new programs and services that would move the nation closer to a European-style social welfare state.<\/p>\n

It was also an opportunity for the national political press corps to assess the candidates\u2019 standing in anticipation that California will play a perhaps decisive role in choosing the Democratic nominee, thanks to moving its presidential primary from June to March next year.<\/p>\n

The most vociferously left-leaning of the candidates, such as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, drew the loudest responses, and two relative moderates were booed when they cautioned the party against embracing some form of socialism.<\/p>\n

Former Vice President Joe Biden skipped the convention, knowing that his perceived moderation wouldn\u2019t go over well in a convention dominated by the third of Democratic voters who describe themselves to pollsters as \u201cvery liberal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, however, a nueva encuesta estatal<\/a>, conducted by the UC-Berkeley\u2019s Institute of Governmental Studies, once again indicated that overall, California\u2019s Democratic voters are not as \u201cprogressive\u201d as the tenor of the convention might suggest.<\/p>\n

It found that Biden is actually leading the big field in California with 22 percent support among Democratic voters, followed by Warren, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, California\u2019s own Sen. Kamala Harris and South Bend, IN, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.<\/p>\n

Biden, not surprisingly, does particularly well among the third of Democratic voters self-described as moderate or conservative. His presence may undercut Harris\u2019 hopes of a strong win in her home state that would generate a slew of convention delegates.<\/p>\n

The IGS poll also found varying degrees of support for the issues that have defined the Democratic presidential contest to date, with the strongest approval for more background checks for gun purchases, increasing taxes on the wealthy and increasing teacher pay and the weakest for \u201cMedicare for all,\u201d reducing criminal penalties, free college tuition and legalizing marijuana.<\/p>\n

Other aspects of the IGS poll reinforced the reality that California\u2019s Democratic voters are, in the main, not strongly embracing the progressive agenda.<\/p>\n

Barely half, for example, would vote to abolish the death penalty, and that\u2019s also true of support for beginning impeachment proceedings against Trump.<\/p>\n

The disconnect between left-leaning Democratic Party activists and the broader array of Democratic voters is not a new phenomenon. It was demonstrated last year when the party endorsed former state Sen. Kevin deLeon\u2019s challenge to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, long a target of left-wing scorn, but she easily captured another term.<\/p>\n

The gap is also apparent in legislative and congressional elections.<\/p>\n

Democrats\u2019 domination of California\u2019s political landscape, and the paucity of Republican voters, make it relatively easy for very liberal candidates connected to the party\u2019s left-leaning interest groups to win elections.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the Legislature and the state\u2019s congressional delegation lean further left than Democratic voters \u2013 as shown by modest voter support for such ideological shibboleths as \u201cMedicare for all,\u201d abolishing capital punishment and legalizing marijuana.<\/p>\n

California\u2019s presidential primary is not a winner-take-all format. Therefore, its huge Democratic convention delegation could be divvied up among a dozen or more candidates and the IGS poll implies that a scattershot outcome, without a dominant finisher, could make the state less a factor in choosing a nominee than the early primary backers hope.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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