Except that's not the message Biden is running on, he keeps on saying Trump is arbitration and Republicans will want to work with him after he wins.
That's not pragmatic, it's horribly naive. I would worry that Biden would win, say ''everything is fine now'' and let Trumpism thrive in opposition to him. The tea party grew under Obama's terms in office, that was the seed that gave birth to Trumpism, not trying to get ahead of this next time, would be foolish, IMO.
There is a hardcore Trump base we will never reach and we shouldn't bother trying, but I think there some working class people in say Michigan who were swayed by Trump's anti-NAFTA talk that could be swayed back to the Dems with pro-union, pro-worker policies.
Don't get me wrong, I would put the blame on Trump on the GOP mostly, I think the GOP has been playing footies with bigots since the 60s and Trump is just logical extension of that. But then again, we have to realize the GOP is an enemy to fight, not just people we kinda disagree with.
But that just makes Biden's talk about how Republicans will want work with him if he wins, seem horribly naive.
That been said, I do not think the working class people in the Blue Wall states who voted for Trump not are lost forever, Trump spoke to unhappiness over NAFTA and Clinton said nothing to them, having someone address their concerns will ensure their votes, they want a change and a better life, not business as usual. Trump has not made their lives better, but you cannot take these people for granted, that is what Hilliary did.
See left-wing policies do not just appeal to some hardcore leftists on some liberal arts campus somewhere, they can appeal to actual blue collar people in key states, that you need to win.
People may have a civic duty to vote, but they have no duty to vote for Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton or anyone else, politicians have to make a case why people should vote for them and if their big argument is ''I'm not Trump'', for a lot of people, that on its own is not good enough.
I think left-wing policies are both morally correct and I think they could be really popular with a lot of people, I am not just suggesting this stuff on a whim.