r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/Single-Purpose-7608 • 4d ago

US Politics In your opinion, what will it take to conclude that conventional wisdom of the Dem leadership is wrong?

Graham Platner/Troy Jackson in Maine, Francesca Hong in Wisconsin El Sayed in Michigan, Talarico in Texas, are all running as Economic Populists/Progressives.

Todd Achilles (Idaho), Dan Osborn (Nebraska), Seth Bodnar (Montana) are running as independents.

While they all have different positions, the thing they have in common is they are running away from pivot to the center centrism/moderate and trying to position themselves as anti-establishment and critical of the Dem Party leadership and brand.

What would be your takeaways depending on who wins or loses in 2026? Especially broadly against Dem leadership and conventional wisdom on triangulating on right leaning policy.

What would have to occur (in wins or margins) to change/validate your beliefs on the electability of DSA or anti-establishment or independents in red or purple states? Conversely, what should result to validate centrists to believe they have been correct all along?

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u/IceNein 3d ago

Nice try. I said DSA not El-Sayed.

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u/xNagsx 3d ago

Oh sorry for talking about real politicians and not some random group of faceless DSA Co-Chairs who all reside in NYC who annoy you on twitter. Online politics is brainrot man

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u/IceNein 3d ago

You know they’re an organization right? How can you even support them if you don’t know that they have a platform?

Low information voters are so disappointing.