Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Centrist Democrats are trying to rally the party around a more moderate message heading into the November midterms, pushing back against far-left views as progressives and socialist candidates gain ground in some races.
A group of moderate Democrats has signed on to the “Promise to America,” a pledge that takes aim at the party’s left wing by declaring, “We are capitalist, not socialist.”
Felix Frisch, the group’s director, said the effort is meant to offer an alternative to the Democratic Socialist movement, which has scored victories around the country.
“The Democratic Party as a whole is not being overtaken by the DSA or socialists, but is instead made up of a lot of mainstream Democrats around the country,” Frisch said.
Frisch also argued that while the political extremes are organized, their ideas are not broadly popular.
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Centrist Democrats are trying to rally the party around a more moderate message heading into the November midterms, pushing back against far-left views as progressives and socialist candidates gain ground in some races.
A group of moderate Democrats has signed on to the “Promise to America,” a pledge that takes aim at the party’s left wing by declaring, “We are capitalist, not socialist.”
Felix Frisch, the group’s director, said the effort is meant to offer an alternative to the Democratic Socialist movement, which has scored victories around the country.
“The Democratic Party as a whole is not being overtaken by the DSA or socialists, but is instead made up of a lot of mainstream Democrats around the country,” Frisch said.
Frisch also argued that while the political extremes are organized, their ideas are not broadly popular.
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