'Appetite for change': divided Democrats prepare for midterm elections

Progressives and moderates tell the Guardian of competing visions for the future of the left. But they are united in one thing: resistance to Trump

On a sticky autumn evening, less than a month before the November midterm elections, more than 200 left-of-center New Yorkers packed an uptown auditorium for an Oxford-style debate on a central question animating Democratic politics: will progressive populism save the party?

For nearly two hours, Democrats from the progressive and moderate wings sharply defended competing visions for the future of their party as it clambers back from the political wilderness.

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