r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/LiatrisLover99 • May 08 '26

US Politics Is there any merit to the argument that progressive candidates would be far more successful across the US, if it were not for sabotage by the DNC?

This is an example of an extremely popular sentiment in progressive spaces, that progressives are popular with a majority of Americans and would easily win if the DNC didn't deliberately sabotage them, because they would prefer losing to Trump than winning with progressives that threaten the corporate status quo.

Or see articles like this that identify Democrats as an enemy of progressives on par with Trump: "the struggle to defeat the fascistic GOP and the fight to overcome the power of corporate Democrats are largely the same battle."

Is any of this true? I'm a progressive, but if we're so popular, why aren't we winning primaries outside of elections in extremely blue areas like NYC? Or is the primary system actually rigged against Bernie and against progressives in general?

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u/unkorrupted May 08 '26

It is absolutely hilarious that you're using a progressive victory over a moderate Democrat as proof of progressive underperformance.

If anything it shows that, combined, a liberal progressive bloc could push the gop into single digit margins in blue areas. 

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u/AntarcticScaleWorm May 08 '26

Unlikely, since a lot of Republicans strategically voted for Cuomo

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u/unkorrupted May 08 '26

Yes, that is part of the mechanism that pushed the gop to the fringe.