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Ben Wikler: “There are Republicans who think Democrats are too liberal…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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The Democratic Party Needs Change | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 05:03

You want change from the situation you have and neither party so far has delivered it for you. The second thing is that if you look under the top lines in polls, There are Republicans who think Democrats are too liberal, there are Democrats who think Democrats are not fighting hard enough for change. And then there's a third category of people who feel like all of politics is messed up, that they can't trust either party. They feel like neither party has. (05:03–05:10)

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Asserts that there is a divide in perceptions of the Democratic Party, with some seeing it as too liberal and others as not progressive enough.

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