Progressives Aren’t the Future of the Democratic Party
They’re the reason it has a present.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: the reason the Democratic Party is in any way competitive these days is not thanks to establishment Democrats.
I’m guessing last Tuesday’s election and the narrowly averted disaster is showing the Nancy Pelosis and Sean Patrick Maloneys of the world that young Democratic voters are different from their parents and the previous generation, millennials.
Sure, a big part of the Dems’ unexpectedly good results in the midterms has to do with fascism-inspired turnout.
Getting people to the polls, especially when the presidency isn’t at stake, is rough. If the 2024 election and the future of democracy in the US weren’t at stake — as well as bodily autonomy, in many states — the Democrats probably would have gotten an absolute beating for inflation alone.
But it’s also the young people inspired by progressive candidates who took the win. The younger generations don’t show up as much as old people do, but when they do, they skew Democratic.
That’s not because of the Dem establishment. It’s because of those who have broken from it, to build a more progressive path.
