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In an ideal world, our elections would continue fairly, free from interference or moneyed interests, and proportional representation would ensure our districts cannot be drawn to benefit one political party or another at the expense of workers. We do not live in that world yet.
California DSA delegates, representing chapters from across the state, overwhelmingly voted to endorse California’s Prop 50, the Election Rigging Response Act. You can read our full statement here: www.californiadsa.org/resolutions/...
Chicago keeping art alive:
The left should support mid-decade redistricting across the country to send fewer Republicans to Congress and fight their blatant power grab. When the stakes are "will we allow fascists to continue running the government?" we have an obligation to do everything we can to stop them.
Yep! We track it all here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Any Democratic incumbent or candidate who refuses to call it a genocide and supports more money to Israel is well out of touch with their party's base, and should be primaried next year.
77% of registered Democrats say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. But only 6% of congressional Democrats (13) have called it a genocide. 75% of registered Democrats oppose military aid to Israel. But only 19% of congressional Democrats (40) are co-sponsoring the Block the Bombs Act.
Where do your sympathies lie? 37% Palestinians 36% Israelis 27% Don't Know "This is an all-time high for the Palestinians and an all-time low for the Israelis since the Quinnipiac University Poll began asking this question of registered voters in December 2001" poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
I finally wrote an SMC article!
New in The Agitator: @aaronnarraph.bsky.social reflects on his path to joining Socialist Majority and his takeaways from the 2025 DSA National Convention. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
i feel like the people dunking on this are huffing copium. yeah it's basically a hit piece, but its also an accurate run down of the situation in the org. if you dont want people to write articles like this, then you shouldn't let the kinds of things described within happen
Atlanta has become unaffordable. Rent is too high, we’re decades behind on mass transit, and the wealth gap grows larger each year. We deserve affordable housing, a green future, and an economy for the 99%. That’s why I’m running for Atlanta City Council District 2. youtu.be/wGRFpNk8XvM?...
Track all members' Palestine records here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Kelly, an IL-Sen candidate, is the 35th Dem to sign onto the Block the Bombs Act and the 8th addition this month (it was introduced back in May). Other recent sponsors: August 5th - Chu, Khanna August 8th - Castro, Foushee, Raskin August 12th - Tonko August 15th - Mike Thompson
Incredible.
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
agreed!
Hey thanks so much! Try sending this: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19510...
Everyone should read this: defector.com/selling-zohran
The 0.1% is the specific issue of defensive weapons, which she’s extremely wrong about, but I believe is moveable on and still better than almost every member of Congress
Thank you!
Here is the thread. Some very cool and very smart stuff:
If you havent read the thread by the DSA guy who detailed the way Zohran’s campaign targeted specific groups in specific neighborhoods and focused on turning out people who had never voted in primaries instead of people who had voted in the last 3, it’s really inspiring what smart strategy can do
#ReleaseTheCuomoList
A very special thank you to our outgoing NPC members and our NPC candidates for this year: Colleen, Renée, Leslie, and Seth. We're thrilled to have passed three of our authored resolutions by overwhelming margins, and can't wait to continue building a socialist majority ✨
Another convention in the books! Thank you to all our delegates, alternates, volunteers, and supporters for their hard work and organizing this past weekend. Congratulations to our new NPC members, Christian, Clayton, Jeremy, and Katie!
Two pedestrians and a driver killed in Astoria this morning. Absolutely awful. abc7ny.com/post/astoria...
Proud that the @socialistmajority.com resolution I co-authored, “Seize the Moment! Defeat Corporate Democrats and Elect More Socialists,” passed on the consent agenda! DSA will run a slate of congressional candidates & create a subcommittee to research districts 🗳️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
this feels incredibly true though. the number of people looking for leadership against Trump and fossilized Dem leadership absolutely dwarfs the number who give a shit about our organizational Antizionist policy. but it's completely absent, and we're *still* missing the moment nationally.
Announcing SMC's recommendations for this weekend's National Convention. See you all tomorrow bright and early!
See you all in Chicago!
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Zohran Mamdani has produced one of the biggest political upsets this century, David T. writes in The Agitator. NYC-DSA, which endorsed Zohran last October, is primed to further an ideological battle with and within the Democratic Party. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
DSA members: Please fill this out to support an agenda change for this week's convention, so that we can prioritize debate and discussion about fighting Trump, trans rights, tackling the climate crisis, and more. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This week’s convention must prioritize debate & discussion on the major questions facing us: trans rights, Palestine, youth organizing, the climate crisis & fighting Trump. That’s why we’re proposing this agenda change. Sign your name in support! docs.google.com/forms/d/1V-0...
Our Summer Solstice Success Celebration is over, but the stories of strength live on. Success isn’t rare—it's what happens when we invest in health, housing, and supportive services. Let’s keep fighting. Watch all the videos at careforthehomeless.org/summer-solstice-success-celebration-2025.
Really interesting insight into how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's campaign built its electoral strategy for the primary. Well worth a read.
New in The Agitator: The second of two articles about the One Member, One Vote proposal we've endorsed for next week's convention! Alex Pernsteiner argues that 1M1V is a major step towards making our organization more democratic & responsive to our base. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison. He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
One way that illustrates how Zohran transformed the NYC electorate is that he won with the geographic coalition in yellow on the left, but four years ago, Garcia lost with the electorate in green on the right The geographic differences are subdued, but Zohran juiced out a lot more of his voters
great thread, this universe building strat is similar to how we've won in maine. for example in 2023 when we defended rent control we built a universe that was a combo of triple prime, younger voters and people we'd previously IDed as friendly. that let us double the turnout and win by 2/3rds
thanks so much Max! hoping to have it out by the end of the year
As a former journalist, BCNDP staffer, economics major who loves spreadsheets and someone who has lost most faith in politics, this was a really neat read.
This is what it looks like when your party considers it their job to win the election
Thank you so much! I truly believe DSA is that organization
This is so ridiculously important, this is lowkey the best, most concrete operationalization of the progressive or lefty vision of the electorate I have ever heard of in my life.
"we have to organize rural conservatives who are implacably hostile to not only our ideological project but the very personhood of much of our base" there is a perfectly nice Ecuadorian-American cleaning lady in the Bronx whose support we can ask for instead actually
lady we just lost because every big city in America shit the bed for Democrats simultaneously, shut the fuck up
PS: Since DSA National Convention is coming up and since the political direction of the national org is determined by caucuses, I want to make one more note: Nearly everyone mentioned here (as well as @aaronnarraph.bsky.social himself) is a member of @socialistmajority.com. bsky.app/profile/aaro...
Great thread by Aaron providing an introductory overview on how he and other fellow @socialists.nyc members constructed the voter universe for Zohran's primary campaign. One reason NYC-DSA has built much external power is that it provides internal pathways for members to learn key skills like this.
Such an important thread for everyone in DSA and particularly those involved with DSA electoral work to read! We have an unprecedented opportunity to build momentum in local races all across the country and deepen our bench of socialist leaders. We must seize the moment!
Agreed
Lotta peeps have been pontificating on the whys of the NYC Dem primary but if you want the actual story here it is...and contra a lot of conclusions, there is much here that is NOT candidate specific.
This was a huge effort that required creativity, discipline and deep organizing. I am so impressed by the work @aaronnarraph.bsky.social and so many in @socialists.nyc put in. Follow Aaron if you aren’t already.
This is fascinating and so cool. I remember so many chats where ppl were like nobody is canvassing my mom on the upper east side… it’s a very large and diverse city people and Zohran and his team understand and love that about us! As do I!
Everyone here, read this thread (I mean it, I’m a professor and I’m assigning y’all homework, but don’t worry it’s short):
Excellent thread on how Zohran won, first by turning out new voters: - Neighborhoods that vote progressive - Voters that share candidate's background (Muslim, South Asian) - Large apartment complexes And then contesting the rest of the city also, winning many new voters (immigrants, young voters)
Nice walkthrough of how orgs can leverage data for progressive candidates.
Great look at Zohran’s ground game. Worth a read.
Thank you to @michaellangenyc.bsky.social for making some of the incredible tables included in this thread! Subscribe to his Substack: www.michaellange.nyc
The approach NYC-DSA used in creating Zohran’s universe can be replicated anywhere, and I encourage DSA chapters across the country to do so in their own insurgent campaigns! I have a lot more to say that I hope to publish eventually. This is just a taste...more to come!
We know that democratic socialism and economic populism can win elections—if coupled with strong fundraising, creative communications strategies, and well-thought-out field programs. We must be honest about our existing base of support and where we can build out a new base.
In conclusion: Zohran’s landslide victory proves that the possibilities are endless for the Left. We must run socialists for office across the country, from school boards to Congress. We must fight oligarchy by defeating politicians on its payroll in Dem primaries.
This includes making serious inroads with Black voters, by winning young Black voters outright and easily securing majorities in majority Black neighborhoods like Crown Heights, Harlem, and Flatbush in Round 1. This critical organizing will continue into the general election.
Looking at what our universe couldn’t predict, Zohran’s strength with Latino and Chinese voters was remarkable. The campaign’s citywide focus, carefully crafted messaging, and refusal to cede a single neighborhood to Cuomo meant that we were able to run up the score everywhere.
Two of Zohran's best precincts in the city: LEFT: Bushwick, a block away from Maria Hernandez Park. Turnout more than doubled from 2021. 584 votes for Zohran, 90% of the vote RIGHT: City Line, Bangladeshis. 207 votes for Zohran, 91% of the vote (DSA got 8% here in 2022)
We also won almost every M/SA area we'd identified via last name analysis, even enclaves like: > South Asians in Flushing > Afghanis in Kew Gardens Hills > South Asians in Fresh Meadows Apartments > Muslims in the Shore Haven Apartments in Bath Beach
During the campaign, some questioned why we continued canvassing neighborhoods we were guaranteed to win. The reason was we needed to do more than just win our base with a large percentage of the vote; that percentage also had to be accompanied by jaw-dropping turnout increases.
In the final round, Zohran won *all but one* of the universe's progressive precincts we'd IDed months prior. The most left-wing group of precincts had: > The highest turnout / increase > The most first-time primary voters > A staggering 72%(!) for Zohran in R1 (87% at the end!!)
Our universe was extremely predictive of the final results, to the point that I literally collapsed on Election Night when looking at the results from Brighton Beach, a Pakistani/Uzbek neighborhood we had identified months earlier for prioritization based on last name analysis.
Our final universe was equal parts triple prime AND zero prime with large numbers of M/SA voters & recent registrants. Shout out to Dev McManus, @jaggas1ngh.bsky.social, Asher Ross, Julian Graham, @maevehove.bsky.social, Austin Warrington, field staff (Tascha, Carmen, Ravi) & others for their work!
2) Muslim and South Asian voters. We analyzed last names to identify concentrations of M/SA voters we needed to reach, from large neighborhoods to tiny enclaves, adding many zero primes. 3) Rent-stabilized tenants. We added the largest complexes & most progressive precincts.
With that in mind, we built a universe with components such as: 1) Progressive voters. We ranked precincts based on past primary results & focused on turning out “zero prime” voters (hadn't voted in any recent primary) in the most left-wing neighborhoods in the city.
In most Dem campaigns, the most coveted voters are “triple primes” who have voted in the 3 most recent primaries. But in NYC-DSA campaigns, mobilizing triple primes has never been enough for us to win. In fact, we've always done best in cycles when infrequent voters turned out.
Translated from campaign-speak, the “universe” is the list of voters a campaign plans to prioritize outreach to, via door knocking and phonebanking. What we were doing—building a universe for a socialist mayoral candidate in the country’s largest city—was unprecedented.
Zohran didn't win by relying on standard turnout patterns. We had to fundamentally transform the Democratic electorate. I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵
Thank you to everyone who joined our call tonight! You can watch the full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B3m...
Cuomo was also there: bsky.app/profile/c-so...
Noted genocide supporter Eric Adams spoke right before this imam, with other complicit elected officials likely in the audience.
I'm MCing this fantastic call tonight! Please register 🫡
TONIGHT: Join us at 8pm EST / 5pm PST for “Party Building: Lessons from the Zohran Campaign and Beyond.” Featuring: @claireforqueens.bsky.social @danielatonna.bsky.social @jorgedefendini.bsky.social @alvar0l0pez.bsky.social @aaronnarraph.bsky.social @cgmaisano.bsky.social @katiesims.bsky.social
They gave me a webpage like I’m a fr candidate for something :) www.socialistmajority.com/npc-candidat... (Shoutout @aaronnarraph.bsky.social for the design and Jana for the introduction, I’m looking forward to meeting and seeing yall in Chicago soon!)
Yelled at fascists in Astoria this afternoon with so many great DSA members and Zohran supporters 🫡
Warren should be #5 not #6 lol
* Bernie only has 100% because the Senate doesn't vote on as many Israel/Palestine resolutions as the House, and we don't count the ones that pass by unanimous consent. He'd probably have a lower score than AOC if he were in the House. Full spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Top 10 House Dems on 🇵🇸: 1. Tlaib: 97% 2. Omar: 93% 3. Ramirez: 89% 4. Lee (PA): 88% 5. AOC: 86% 6. Pressley: 82% 7. GarcĂa: 77% 8. Jayapal: 71% 9. Casar: 71% 10. Watson Coleman: 63% Senate Dems: 1. Sanders: 100%* 2. Merkley: 83% 3. Welch: 75% 4. Van Hollen: 60% 6. Warren: 54%
Top 5 in the Senate: 1. Sanders 2. Merkley 3. Markey 4. Warren 5. Welch Bottom 5 in the Senate: 43. Warner 44. Hickenlooper 45. Cortez Masto 46. Hassan 47. Rosen Full spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Updated our Congressional Dem Left Tracker! Top 10: 1. Tlaib 2. Lee (PA) 3. AOC 4. Omar 5. Ramirez 6. Casar 7. GarcĂa (IL) 8. Jayapal 9. Pressley 10. Simon Bottom 10: 203. Costa 204. Pappas 205. Gillen 206. Lee (NV) 207. Gonzalez 208. Gray 209. Cuellar 210. Golden 211. Perez 212. Davis (NC)
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Zohran field director and founding SMC member Tascha Van Auken talked to @petersterne.com about how NYC-DSA built a mass movement of organizers and volunteers that won a commanding victory last Tuesday. www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
In The Agitator, @emacinstl.bsky.social argues that the threat of a strong fascist government and the inability of the Democratic Party leadership to effectively counter it increases the necessity of building a united Left to offer an alternative. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
ZOHRAN DEFEATS CUOMO 56-44
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