> Drug decriminalization and minimum wage increases are in the party platform already.
Crucially, though, voter support for progressive policies and for Biden did not necessarily correlate — most significantly in Florida, which Biden lost and where the state Constitution was amended to raise the minimum wage.
That seems to have hinged on south Florida. Bernie would not have done well there given his comments on Cuba and Venezuela. In fact Bernie's comments may be the reason even Biden lost there.
That’s the narrative, but Biden consistently distanced himself from those comments (“Listen, I beat the socialist!”) and the GOP seems to think that anyone to the left of Mitt Romney is a communist. I think Biden’s intentional lack of attention to Latinx voters did more harm than any actual Democratic position.
Biden's loss with hispanics was due to his campaign's explicit choice to not target hispanics. It has more to do with bad strategy than what another candidate said or did.
Crucially, though, voter support for progressive policies and for Biden did not necessarily correlate — most significantly in Florida, which Biden lost and where the state Constitution was amended to raise the minimum wage.