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917: Midterm Axes

Will 2026 be about left vs. center, or "fight" vs. compromise?

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Liam Kerr
Aug 04, 2025
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As candidates gear up for the midterms, the nature of the 2026 primary is often debated on two axes: ideology and pugnacity.

In today’s Washington Post, Lakshya Jain and Harrison Lavelle make the case that the Democratic base has moved left on both of these measures into a more liberal, fight-over-compromise constituency:

Ideologically, Democratic voters …

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