Long time Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) Member Here Enjoying NYC Victories

Look in the mirror, New York Democrats — your misrule paved the DSA’s way

https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/opinion/new-york-democrats-misrule-paved-the-dsas-way/

 

Congrats
More kids gonna get transgendered and free Palestine people can attack Jews
@basso
@Commodore
@Salvy
@CrixusTheUndefeatedGaul

 

This maybe the 3rd Party I . . . . er .. . . WE need.

Rocket River

 

New York ≠ the rest of America. You do not need to pretend that somebody like Darializa Avila Chevalier stands for good things or that her message isn't politically repellent outside of very specific parts of New York City.

 

I think only dc pundits and hardcore cable news watchers (whose votes are already baked in) care one bit about the DSA vs Dem whatever it is.

People that decide elections are going to look at a guy like Graham Platner and either like him and trust him or not. They won’t be like … oh wait but he is DSA and not a “moderate democrat”.

 

Your right, at the end of the day the voters will vote for are aligned with their wants and needs and who am I to say that a NY DS candidate is good or bad

TBH I don't want to be affiliated with any party right now, I like the (used to be) conservative spending and I think we spend WAY too much on the Military. but I also think Universal Health Care could be a thing but the lobbyist won't allow it and I don't need the government telling me what I can and cannot do inside my house or do to my body.

 

These pundits seem to forget that the standard bearer of the DSA movement, like their Trump almost cult leader is Bernie Sanders.... who gets elected in Vermont where they love their guns, and Bernie Sanders who had a pretty sizable crossover with Trump voters in 2016.

I think the issue with voters that could bring down the "electability" would have less to do with the DSA label and more to do with sexism and racism with male voters. In cases like Rashida Thalib, Ilhan, etc. its a double whammy even though their policy platform is basically the same as Bernie and Graham Platner.

So to me this really only matters for General Elections for Senate seats, and the President. The sad fact is women of color who are DSA are going to start off with a significantly less share of voters regardless of their policy platform just because a segment of the voters "FOR WHATEVER REASON... just don't like HER." I hear that crap all the time about AOC, and I heard it even about Kamala, and ESPECIALLY with Hillary.

The fact that moderates like Kamala and Hillary had the same issue that a DSA candidate apparently has (that Platner, and Bernie don't have magically) tells you all you need to know about the DSA vs Moderate Dem debate here in the US, and our general nation wide electorate.

 

Wow
She didn’t even work at Starbucks?
@Salvy
@CrixusTheUndefeatedGaul
@glynch
@basso

 

Top Democrats insist that they’re unfazed by the party’s forming a “Zohran Mamdani wing,” after the New York City mayor’s stunningly successful primary night.

But there is growing angst among many sitting congressional Democrats after Mamdani allies won three primaries, including defeats of incumbent Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Dan Goldman. And, most immediately, they worry it will make it tougher to flip the House this year, with Republicans eager to tee up the Mamdani slate’s most controversial positions for attack ads in battlegrounds across the country.

“Obviously, the socialists had a big win last night. The question is, are we going to let them take over the party? Or are we going to stand up and fight back?” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, a moderate Democrat who has criticized Mamdani’s politics and how he’s addressed allies of Israel. “Many of us believe, as I do, that if you’re a socialist, you’re not a Democrat.”

How come all this tough talk from Dems disappears when it comes to MAGA?

Idgaf what you are: moderate, liberal, leftist, socialist, or whatever you want to call yourself. All I care about is can you beat MAGA, and will you fight to make these demons and criminals pay? So many of the moderate Dems seem incapable of the moment, and they are one of the main reasons we are where we’re at with their softness, weakness, and ineptitude.

 

this bodes well for Nithya Raman, a Dem socialist running against moderate Dem mayor of LA, Karen Bass.

Why Karen Bass should be concerned after
Democratic Socialists' big win in New York​

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The trend of progressives or Democratic socialists winning primaries and general elections has been seen in
blue states and liberal cities, such as New York City and Seattle,

 

I don't even know that this means anymore

 

I don’t care about the label. Give me affordable healthcare that’s not tied to my employer, keep healthcare decision's between doctor and patient, establish better workers rights / pay and return our military to state of being a defensive force. That as a start will get my vote.

 

They will take over the Democratic party, they are like the Tea Party for the Repubs.

Democratic socialism is also called RESPONSIBLE CAPITALISM.

And the GOP is trying to hide behind the fear of a world - SOCIALISM - but we are already mostly a DS country, we just need NATIONAL HEALTHCARE to finish the job.

And Mamdami is showing the world what true REPRESENTATION for the people looks like.

DD

 

God I hope not.

 

Well, I mean they will take over the party like the Tea party did, not that they were actually related.

The DS will keep winning and the people will embrace them - and elections will continue to go their way because they represent the people rather than corporations.

DD