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How Well Is the Progressive Left Actually Doing?
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Progressive-left candidates endorsed by groups like Our Revolution and Justice Democrats have won nearly one-third of open Democratic congressional primaries in heavily Democratic urban areas where Kamala Harris performed strongly in 2024.
- Despite these wins, the progressive left's success remains largely confined to highly educated, urban districts, with little breakthrough in battleground or red districts.
- Where the left has made inroads outside urban centers, victories have often come from white, male, blue-collar populist candidates, rather than the younger democratic socialists popular in cities like New York and Colorado.
- Without expanding beyond heavily Democratic areas, the progressive left is likely to remain a significant but limited faction within the Democratic House caucus, as control of Congress and presidential nominations often hinge on battleground and red states.
