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I feel like "lets stop bombing children", or "maybe people shouldn't go bankrupt because of healthcare", or "maybe the rich should pay their taxes", or "stop backing a genocide", or "we should probably get rid of torture facilities" are a far cry from "obliged to only vote for perfect candidates that they agree with 100% on everything."
I'm all for voting for a candidate I don't totally agree with, I do it every time. But lets not pretend that the Democrats are doing a good job of reaching out to their voter-base. There's a reason their current polling is so low.
Where do you live where the majority of the population is progressive?
People in my home town, New York City, have been watching Trump's antics for decades. He got 20% of the vote.
Also, the election isn't decided by the popular vote. Look at the electoral map.
On the west coast. Most polls that I've seen show that those aren't progressive values, they are the vaules that most people have. The Democrats just keep chosing unpopular positions, because they care more about their donors than voters.