00:00There's a hidden message in the midterm results from voters, and it's that they don't feel great
00:05about socialist candidates. Now, it goes without saying that Democrats did great across the board.
00:10However, the candidates that were more on the DSA fringe of the party tended to underperform
00:15relative to other Democrats in their same state. The New York Times reported that there was no
00:19exception to this rule and that candidates like Abdul El-Sayed trailed several points behind
00:25their more moderate peers. Of course, the more radical fringes of the party will call this
00:30election a mandate and try to shove through their more radical policy proposals, but I think that's
00:38actually a mistake. In my view, I think a lot of voters came out to make a stand against the
00:43status
00:44quo and against the Trump administration, but Democrats could really lose this new majority
00:50if they start going way radical kooky. Unfortunately, I think that they may be poised to do exactly
00:56that, though, as so many politicians have been doing in recent years. Voters are not giving
01:01you a mandate when they deliver you a couple points victory in contentious races where they
01:05feel compromised by both candidates and feel unserved by each party.
