The light at the end of the tunnel is getting much closer. KEEP PUSHING

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• nkat2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s true. Let’s keep it up!

  Thank you for posting this, OP!

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• knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Doesn’t matter so long as the establishment is still in control of who gets pushed forward.

  We need ranked choice everywhere. They aren’t going to get there willingly.

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  • protist@retrofed.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You don’t understand how this works. If enough people vote for the candidates you support in Democratic primaries, they win. The establishment can’t stop them. If you’re still hung up on the superdelegate system that burned Bernie in ’16, well that system is gone now, and it only existed for the presidential candidate anyway

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    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The superdelegate system didn’t burn Bernie. He was behind Clinton in the primaries well before the superdelegates got their vote in the Convention.

      Would they have killed his nomination in 2016 if it were close? Probably. But they didn’t have to because people weren’t voting for him.

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• deathbird@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well clearly the problem is 1/3rd of the party, and the solution is to conceed nothing to them and run to the center hoping desperately to peal off a few Romney-style Republicans.

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• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  According to the same poll, 25% of the respondents had never heard of the Democratic Socialists of America, and 21% had no opinion of them.

  Also, 10% of respondents who leaned democratic that the Democratic Party needed to be completely reformed, 47% said it needed major changes, and 39% said it needed minor changes.

  Also, this is a major “throw the bums out” moment:

  One question was: “Imagine that after the November 2026 elections, most of the current members of Congress are replaced with new members. Do you think that would:”

  51% said it would change congress for the better, only 9% said it would change congress for the worse.

  Also, even if only 1/3 consider themselves democratic socialists, 73% would be either enthusiastic or OK with nominating someone who described themselves as a democratic socialist, and only 27% would be uneasy or upset by that.

  I actually can’t find in that poll where people identify as democratic socialists. But, everything else suggests now is an ideal time to run a DSA candidate.

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• uberdroog@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Or…or…people are realizing the democratic party wasn’t what was advertised

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• OS2Warp@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  cnn.com/…/cnn-poll-a-third-of-democrats-now-ident…

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Tend to be younger (59% are younger than 45, compared to 46% of non-democratic socialists aligned with the Democratic Party) and are more likely to be White (57% to 49%)

    I really can’t parse what they mean by “non-democratic socialists aligned with the Democratic Party.” Juche supporters? Those younger than 45 who aren’t democratic socialists? What does the percentage have to do with age?

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    • NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I take it to mean Democrats who are not Democratic Socialists, but it’s an odd way of saying it.

      Maybe they are including people who aren’t registered as Democrats but tend to vote for them?

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• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Are they all trying to learn what socialism is now to ensure they stay on with voters?

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  • protist@retrofed.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Voters pushing candidates to the left is a good thing. You should not be cynical about this

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  • decolo@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They have been actively guiding public sentiment away from populist socialism for 50 years, and they will choose to throw every election before they acknowledge that people want socialist policy

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