I think you might just be a time traveler from the 90s. Everyone expected Biden to run further to the center but he did the opposite. Here is a partial list of his left leaning promises.
Free community college
Universal Pre-K
Student debt forgiveness
Double Pell Grants
Expand Social Security
Increase refugee admissions
Expand path to citizenship
Raise taxes on the wealthy
Raise corporate tax rate
Strengthen unions
Bring back manufacturing
Expand broadband access
Voting rights for felons
Eliminate mandatory minimums
Eliminate cash bail
End private detention centers
Decriminalize Marijuana
Lower cost of prescription drugs
$15 federal minimum wage
12 weeks paid medical leave
7 days paid vacation
Rejoin Paris Agreement
Green energy assistance for disadvantaged communities
Block new fracking
Offer a public option
Create public health jobs corps
Restore engagement with Cuba
Constitutional amendment to eliminate private funding of elections
Reverse transgender military ban
The thing is, that the left-right spectrum isn’t the only axis that voters use to evaluate politicians anymore. A mich more important axis is now pro/anti establishment. Americans almost universally despise the DC establishment. Hillary represented that establishment, while Trump mocked it. Trump was a message in the form of a molotov cocktail.
I think you might just be a time traveler from the 90s. Everyone expected Biden to run further to the center but he did the opposite. Here is a partial list of his left leaning promises.
The thing is, that the left-right spectrum isn’t the only axis that voters use to evaluate politicians anymore. A mich more important axis is now pro/anti establishment. Americans almost universally despise the DC establishment. Hillary represented that establishment, while Trump mocked it. Trump was a message in the form of a molotov cocktail.