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Let me uncomplicate it. The Democratic Party is two parties: a progressive party and a conservative party. The Republican Party is a corrupt white supremacist death cult. In 2018 vote for the Democrat.https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/975335417129058309 …

The big problem with this is that the conservative part of the Democratic Party holds all of the leadership positions, and opposes the progressive Democrats as strongly as they oppose Republicans.

That’s why I recommend running progressive candidates whenever possible in as many primaries as possible. Some will win, and even if most don’t, the party will have to notice.

This is like word for word what I believed in 2008, but not anymore. The party leadership actively opposes progressive policy and candidates. We can potentially win primaries under the right circumstances, but its always at a disadvantage, and leadership never changes/moves left.

Ask yourself this; how on earth does the Democratic Party establishment look at the 2016 election and NOT decide to radically change things? Not only that, but to basically lock out the only faction of the party with any enthusiasm? Is winning elections even a goal of theirs?

I would hardly say the Sanders wing is the only wing with any enthusiasm. HRC just couldn't wring the same enthusiasm as Obama out of Obama's coalition. Which like, duh. Currently centrists are VERY energized. See: special elections, primaries.

Do you really need to maintain Pelosi and Schumer's hold on the party to keep those centrists energized though? These voters are usually people that brag about how they'd support ANY candidate the Dems pick. Why not make changes to attract leftists that vote 3rd party or abstain?

The problem with winning in 2016 was clearly that the Obama voters, and people in the rust belt, abandoned Clinton. So why not address their concerns instead of just deciding that we Dems didn't actually lose and that no changes are needed?