There is No Left

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten reported recently, “When we’re talking about 42% of Democrats under the age of 35 identifying as democratic socialists and a third of all Democrats … my goodness gracious.”

Enten then concluded, “The Democrats are moving to the left, the far left is gaining power.”

This is the language Americans have become accustomed to. Talk of the far left prevails in the political discourse. But what is Enten talking about?