In June 2020, a debate emerged among progressives regarding the impact of violent protests on the election. David Shor was notably fired for suggesting that riots had influenced past elections negatively. However, the 2020 protests did not harm the Democratic campaign as expected, largely due to public sympathy for movements like Black Lives Matter. Moving forward, Democrats face challenges as the ideologies behind the protests have shifted focus beyond police reform to broader progressive issues, complicating their political strategies and implications for future elections.
In June 2020 there was a vigorous debate among progressives about whether protests that turned violent would risk helping President Trump win re-election.
Shor was wise to give the warning, but in the end, 2020 did not look like 1968. Trump's flailing response to the protests did not bring a Nixonian silent majority to the polls.
The ideological energy behind the protests... ended up carrying progressivism well beyond the issue of police reform.
Today's anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement, pro-immigration demonstrators are dragging the burden of this larger progressive agenda.
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