The ‘Democrats in Disarray’ Narrative Is Mostly Fiction

Presidential hopefuls’ policy proposals may differ, but their goals are the same

David M. Perry
GEN
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5 min readJul 30, 2019

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A field of 20 Democratic presidential candidates was split into two groups of 10 for the first debate of the 2020 election. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Here’s a secret about the state of the Democratic Party: It’s actually going through a period of relative unity.

That fact can be easy to miss, what with all high-profile sniping among both presidential

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David M. Perry
GEN
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Just your average progressive political journalist, medieval historian, and Irish rock musician. Yes, I really do have a PhD in medieval history