This is the problem with electoralism. You think that by working within the system you will move it farther left, but the system instead moves you to the right. If the politicians you get into office do you not reflect your agenda, then what is the point of pushing for this type of "power?"
https://jewishcurrents.org/palestine-is-a-proxy-fight-in-a-fractious-dsa
"The heated nature of the dispute reflects, in part, the coalescing of opposing political factions within DSA. One flank is interested only in backing candidates who align with DSA’s entire platform, including BDS, while the other supports aiding politicians who ally with DSA but stop short of fully endorsing the organization’s line, especially on electorally risky issues like Palestinian liberation. The electoralist camp also argues that DSA doesn’t have the support for their political platform among the electorate to enforce its “party line.” “If you’re only acting as a representative of the political group that you’re a member of, you run the risk of getting voted out of office because people don’t see you as a representative for the whole district,” said Chris Maisano, a member of DSA’s NYC chapter who supported the disciplining of the BDS WG. The camp demanding full adherence to DSA’s platform, predictably, opposed disciplining the BDS WG, while the other group, which is more forgiving of Democratic Party realities, supported it.
This strategic divergence became newly relevant in late November when Joe Biden pushed Congress to adopt a bill preventing rail workers from striking for paid sick leave, among other demands. Congressional Democrats attempted to soften the legislation by tacking on a measure that would have given rail workers seven days of sick leave. Some DSA chapters argued that DSA-endorsed members should vote against the Biden-backed measure, which only included one extra day of paid time off, in order to express opposition to Congress’s intervention in a labor dispute. DSA-endorsed Rep. Rashida Tlaib voted “no” for this reason (and “yes” for seven extra sick days), but Reps. Cori Bush and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez voted “yes” (as well as “yes” to seven sick days), to the consternation of many in DSA. “When socialists betray the working class, it leads to demobilization and distrust of the socialist movement,” the organization’s Seattle chapter said in a statement, which also called on the DSA’s NPC “to host a town hall discussion to determine how to proceed regarding the vote of the . . . DSA Congressmembers, including potential disciplinary action.” On December 4th, the NPC said that they were proud of Tlaib’s vote against the Biden agreement and for sick days, and “disappointed” by Ocasio-Cortez’s and Bush’s votes. “Any vote by Congress to impose a bad contract on workers sides with the boss, and contradicts democratic socialist values,” the group said."
