CMV: The democratic base is not progressive.

There is alot of talk right now about how the democrats are ignoring their base and not taking the fight to trump. Like most progressives want. However this assumes that the democrats base are progressives and actually want that.

The key points in this argument are, The outcomes of the 2016 and 2020 primarys, and the current representation of democrats in congress.

In 2016 bernie sanders got 43% of delegates, in 2020 progressives candidates (bernie and Warren) won 34% dropping their support by a quarter.

In congress, 95 out of the 213 democrats in the house are members of the progressive caucas. 44% of the total. In the senate one out of 47 democrats are progressives. 2% of the total. Combining both house and senate. Combining them 36% of democrats in congress are self declared progressives.

This is a clear minority of the party. The majority of the party are not progressives. This representation reflects the primary votes from the last election season.