David Hogg, the new Vice Chair of the DNC, has allocated $20M to primary out the old appeasers, and replace them with youthful progressives to create a true opposition party.

Democratic primaries only see ~20% turnout in congressional elections. 30/50 states have partisan primaries, meaning you must be registered as a Democrat to vote in the Democratic primary. This was a contributing factor in Bernie’s 2016 loss.

Rather than progressives and leftists fracturing over third-parties, we need to all block vote progressives into the Democratic Party through primaries and replace the deadwood centrists that have been content with the status quo.

Check your state’s primary type here: https://ballotpedia.org/Primary_election_types_by_state

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lol, and this was the establishment Democrat response:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/david-hogg-james-carville-lawsuit-b2735217.html

Hilarious that Carville claimed progressives have purity tests in the same breath

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yup. Carville wants to preserve the “schism” between progressives and liberals. That’s how you know it’s the right move. We need to shift back the Overton window.

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