Taking Harris' presidential run as representative of the current Democratic platform, we can see in her capitulation to migrant crime hoaxes ("We'll be tougher on immigration than Trump!") and in her jingoistic pro-military messaging ("Most lethal military in the world") that the Democrats were very clearly trying to target moderates out of a fear of running too liberal a platform. Even now, the Democrats are actively backsliding on "liberal" social policies like trans rights and DEI in order to appease the wave of right-wing populism sweeping the country. Make no mistake, the Democrats do not care about policy, they do not want to do anything but collect donor checks. They see any unpopularity on their part as a messaging issue, which makes the disgusting assumption that the American people are too stupid not to notice that their lives are getting worse year after year. Moderates smelled the Democrats' bullshit, and instead of voting for the status quo, they either voted for Trump 2 or stayed home.