The Democrats v Manchinema and the strategic paradox of the progressive left

Many Democrats have pilloried Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema in the press to try to force them left — but they may in fact be hurting themselves electorally

A long piece of mine on, roughly speaking, the future of the Democratic Party is in The Economist’s print edition this week (and online right now). It is chock-full of all the political science/demographics-y bits and bobs you all like from this newsletter, so please give it a read. (If you don’t have a subscription, you can log in with an email and rea…