Given the opposing positions that he still firmly holds with regard to prisons and drug crime legislation (mostly that he championed), signs point to no.
Biden triangulates on those issues because older black and hispanic voters (who are a key part of his base) have fairly law-and-order views on that front. (Contrast what protestors are saying with what the mayors of Baltimore and Atlanta are saying.) Biden has a lot more room to appease the left on economic issues without causing reduced enthusiasm among his base.
The question is: how much power do you think Jamie Dimon/Mike Bloomberg Democrats have in the party going forward? Are you going to bet your share price on it?
The wind is firmly blowing the other way nationally though. On both sides of the political aisle.
It's unlikely that his handlers share the political opinions of his base, which was my point. It's also not where they're spending their campaign dollars. They assume his base is on lock (and judging from my social media filter-bubble, which is 90% middle-aged & older black and hispanic male voters, I can assure you it's not). He's a say one thing and do another kind of guy.
As for the power of Mike Bloomberg Democrats, well...politics runs on money.
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