I would say the more accurate statement is that Democrats over-estimate how conservative the electorate actually is and operate accordingly, although they’re not as bad as Republicans.
Your line about “Americans are philosophically conservative but operationally liberal” really struck. I’ve heard (and observed) this phenomena in the US for a good long while now, just never saw it succinctly said. Following on from that, is there an argument to make that the Democrats, for the most part, have it ass-backwards in that they’re philosophically liberal but tend to operate in a conservative fashion?
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