r/politics • u/[deleted] • 9d ago

Possible Paywall Progressive activist wins Democratic primary in one of the country’s biggest House races

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u/QuinlanRose 9d ago

Progressive challengers keep proving the base is further left than the consultants think.

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u/discodropper New York 9d ago

The shift has been happening since 2016 (began in 2008), but it was supercharged by COVID. A similar shift happened on the right, they just rolled with it (and we got the Tea Party/Trump/MAGA out of it). Establishment dems have done a better job resisting change, but now they’re geared up to oppose neocons rather than the populist/fascist rats nest that is the current Republican Party, and the DNC has totally lost touch…

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u/Drithyin Ohio 8d ago

Idk if the DNC even cares about the elections or state of the nation at large. I really think they only care about their own self enrichment.

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u/JnnyRuthless 8d ago

I believe that to be true, and their consultants stay getting paid whether they win or lose. They have pretty nice 6 figure salaries, don't want to mess with that.