“This is the paradox at the heart of the situation the party finds itself in: Democrats want the high voter turnout, committed pavement-pounding, and grassroots energy of an excited base but seem to resent that they should have to do anything to get it.” 😕

#Politics #USPolitics #DemocraticBaseAwakened #DemocratsFearTheirBase #FightTrumpism #PrimaryCentrists #DemocratsFightBack #DemocracyMatters #ElectionsMatter #DemocraticBase #DemocracyVsAuthoritarianism

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/democratic-party-trump-resistance-leadership/

Some of this feels a bit ageist, but if they’re not willing to to fight for their constituents, then they need to go, whoever they are: “Democratic officials have taken their base for granted for far too long. ... And even if primary challenges don’t succeed, they are still worth doing to put some fear into electeds, and force them to stand up to Trump.”

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https://prospect.org/politics/2025-02-27-these-ten-democrats-need-to-be-primaried/