Despite frustrations at the federal level, progressive officials and activists are winning in states and municipalities.
Nearly eight years since Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign, progressives are notching wins on both federal and municipal levels.It has been nearly eight years since Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign breathed new life into the U.S. progressive movement, and nearly six since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset primary win provided a roadmap for progressive candidates to advance their politics in the electoral arena.
All this has taken place, though, against a backdrop of surging right-wing energy at the national level. Donald Trump’s blockbuster term of Supreme Court appointments has likely ensured a generation of right-wing judicial capture, and the results are already wreaking havoc on the lives of many.
Meanwhile, there appears to be real trouble afoot in the world of progressive electoral support organizations that played a critical role in helping candidates win their elections in recent cycles. Most visibly, Justice Democrats, the organization closely associated with AOC and other prominent congressional progressives,in July. The organization’s executive director, Alexandra Rojas, explicitly cited fundraising shortfalls as the driver of the layoffs.
The layoffs came on the heels of what could be characterized as a disappointing primary season in 2022 for progressive organizations that have long staked their reputations on unseating moderate incumbents. Whereas the 2018 and 2020 cycles each brought numerous upset successes for progressive challengers to more moderate Democrats,
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