{"id":2237484,"date":"2024-05-05T06:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T10:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-at-risk-of-putting-off-centrists-as-he-appeals-to-his-left-flank\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T06:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T10:14:47","slug":"biden-at-risk-of-putting-off-centrists-as-he-appeals-to-his-left-flank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-at-risk-of-putting-off-centrists-as-he-appeals-to-his-left-flank\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Appeal to Left May Alienate Centrists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-at-risk-of-putting-off-centrists-as-he-appeals-to-his-left-flank%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2237484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-the-left-fears-cats-quizzer-more-than-mein-kampf\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: The Left Fears \u201cCat\u2019s Quizzer\u201d More Than \u201cMein Kampf\u201d\">political strategy<\/a>, oscillating between \u200dappealing to\u2063 liberal Democrats and maintaining \u200dcentrists&#8217; support, presents a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-backs-iranian-protesters-as-biden-admin-emboldens-hardline-regime\/\" title=\"State Department Backs Iranian Protesters as Biden Admin Emboldens Hardline Regime\">delicate balancing act<\/a> as the 2024 election looms. Biden&#8217;s recent role as a consoler in Charlotte, North Carolina, following the tragic deaths of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-did-best-they-could-with-cocaine-probe-despite-no-suspects-john-kirby\/\" title=\"White House's Cocaine Probe: No Suspects, But 'Best Efforts' Made\">law enforcement\u2064 officers<\/a>, could be\u2064 the beginning of bridging the gap between factions within his party. \u200dPresident Joe Biden&#8217;s political approach, navigating the interests of liberal Democrats and centrists, creates a crucial balancing act \u2064leading up to the \u20642024 election. His consoling presence in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the tragic loss of law enforcement officers, might signal the start of \u2064uniting \u2064the diverse factions within the Democratic party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> has been making overtures to more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/progressivism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>liberal Democrats<\/a>, he may have undercut himself with his party\u2019s centrists and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/independents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>independents<\/a> before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>November<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden acting as consoler in chief in Charlotte, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a>, on Thursday after the shootout deaths of three U.S. Marshal fugitive task force members and a local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>police officer<\/a> could mark the start of him making amends.<\/p>\n<p>Biden won the 2020 Democratic nomination as a self-described centrist, but has since adopted more liberal policies, in part as a peace offering to Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) and his supporters after the primary. Four years later, the more vocal Left remains influential within the party, creating challenges for Biden as he tries to keep \u201cthe disparate factions\u201d of his coalition together, according to Northeastern University political science professor Costas Panagopoulos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden could conceivably alienate centrist Democrats with policies designed to appeal to the left flank, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/student-loans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-student-debt-forgiveness-would-cost-taxpayers-millions\/\" title=\"Democrats push for student debt forgiveness, would cost taxpayers millions\">student loan forgiveness<\/a><\/a> or even efforts to combat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>climate change<\/a>,\u201d Panagopoulos told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cRecent polls suggest the defection rate among moderate Democrats is more pronounced than among more liberal voters, including young Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, for Panagopoulos, the problem for Biden is he cannot \u201cafford to lose much support from either faction.\u201d Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> does lead Biden by an average of 2 percentage points in national polls, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Schnur, communications director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-mccain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain<\/a>\u2018s 2000 presidential campaign, agreed Biden has to tend to his base, but contended the issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion access<\/a> may not be \u201cenough\u201d to do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flip side to that is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a>,\u201d Schnur, now a University of Southern California professor, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cOnce the numbers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>migrants<\/a> start rising again later this spring, it will be interesting to see if he finally issues those executive orders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, people in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-whats-happened-to-israel-is-one-of-the-great-injustices\/\" title=\"Trump: 'What's Happened to Israel Is One of the Great Injustices'\">political center<\/a> are \u201calmost always the ones who make or break elections,\u201d so Biden would be \u201csmart\u201d to pitch himself to those voters as well, according to Middlebury College political science professor\u00a0Bert\u00a0Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Centrist Democrats and independents provided Biden with an edge over Trump in the 2020 election. Not only did Biden outperform Trump with independents, 52% to 43%, but he also overperformed with conservative Democrats compared to Trump with liberal Republicans, 91% to 79%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2021\/06\/30\/behind-bidens-2020-victory\/pp_2021-06-30_validated-voters_00-04-png\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pew Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The demographic is poised to be pivotal again, but a YouGov-<em>Economist<\/em> poll this week found Biden\u2019s approval among survey respondents who identified as centrists was <a href=\"https:\/\/d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net\/documents\/econTabReport_0NJUiMQ.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>42%<\/a>, down from <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cdn.yougov.com\/460mactkmh\/econTabReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>56%<\/a> in January 2021 after his inauguration. His disapproval among centrists was 52%, up from 28% three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other important dynamic here, though, is attention: those on the extremes pay closer attention to politics and feel more passionately about a wider range of issues,\u201d Middlebury College\u2019s Johnson told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this election cycle, the more centrist voters care most about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a> and much less about anything else,\u201d he said. \u201cThe risk in attending to the left flank, I think, is less about the specific issue positions and more about risking being seen as not focusing on the economy, the top issue for most voters, Democrat and Republican alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To Johnson\u2019s point, centrists told YouGov-<em>Economist<\/em> pollsters this week their No. 1 priority is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a> and consumer prices (26%), followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>jobs<\/a> and the economy (11%), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>healthcare<\/a> (11%), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a> (10%).<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s trip to North Carolina, the battleground state Trump won in 2020 by his narrowest margin, was to pay his respects after the four law enforcement officers were killed in Charlotte this week by Terry Clark Hughes Jr., 39, as they tried to serve felony arrest warrants on him. He was also scheduled to underscore his infrastructure spending in nearby Wilmington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou represent the best of all of us, and I want to thank you,\u201d\u00a0Biden told a crowd later in Wilmington.<\/p>\n<p>But the closed-door meeting in Charlotte was also an indirect reminder of Biden\u2019s more centrist policies on, for example, police reform, which rankled liberals as they called for police budgets to be defunded but earned him the support of centrists concerned about crime. It, too, coincided with criticism of his response to widespread college campus protests over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> war and for not attending the funeral of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nypd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New\u00a0York\u00a0Police Department<\/a> officer\u00a0Jonathan Diller, who was shot dead last month during a traffic stop in Queens. Trump made an appearance at the Diller funeral, held the week of Biden\u2019s million-dollar fundraiser with former Presidents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Clinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that President Biden historically has spoken very forcefully about antisemitism, but this week he\u2019s not,\u201d one reporter asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s MIA. Is he that worried about losing the youth\u00a0vote\u00a0with these protesters?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president has taken a lot of policy actions here that he knows that young people care about,\u201d Jean-Pierre replied. <\/p>\n<p>Citing student debt and climate change, Jean-Pierre added: \u201cWhat we\u2019re going to do is continue to take actions that we believe helps all Americans in all communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Biden announced this week he was canceling another $6.1 billion in\u00a0student\u00a0debt, this round for 317,000 borrowers who were enrolled at the Art Institutes, a private for-profit system of art schools, which closed last year after accreditation complaints and lawsuits. The announcement raises his total forgiveness to $160 billion for 4.6 million borrowers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile my predecessor looked the other way when colleges defrauded\u00a0students\u00a0and borrowers, I promised to take this on directly to provide borrowers with the relief they need and deserve,\u201d Biden wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Then on Thursday, Biden declared he was expanding the San Gabriel Mountains and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, protecting another 120,000 acres in California and public access to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince their first day in office, President Biden and Vice President Harris have delivered on the most ambitious climate and conservation agenda in history,\u201d the White House said in a separate statement. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Committee for\u00a0a\u00a0Responsible Federal Budget has projected\u00a0Biden\u2019s student\u00a0loan\u00a0cancellation proposals could cost taxpayers\u00a0between $870 billion and $1.4 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s continued\u00a0student\u00a0loan\u00a0\u2018cancellation\u2019\u00a0scheme\u00a0not only incentivizes skyrocketing tuition, but also punishes working-class taxpayers, exacerbating our nation\u2019s debt and deficit crisis in the process,\u201d the committee wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s outreach to liberal Democrats risks alienating centrists and independents. Despite this, he assumed a consoling role in Charlotte, North Carolina, following the tragic deaths of law enforcement officers. 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