Why are Progressives Winning Across the United States?

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

It's not complicated

Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged

Posted by Corky at 09:52 PM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

The media pundits have written article after article desperately trying to understand why progressive candidates, despite being heavily outspent, keep defeating establishment Democrats in primaries around the country.

Well, the answer is not complicated.

Whether it is a corrupt campaign finance system, unprecedented income and wealth inequality, a broken and wildly expensive healthcare system, the enormous threats posed by AI or an immoral and destructive foreign policy, progressives are talking about the real issues facing working families.

And they are providing real solutions. Establishment Democrats are not.

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"Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged. The very rich get richer, while working families struggle.

Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, the billionaire class has never ever had it so good.

We now have more income and wealth inequality than at any time in American history. The top 1% now own more wealth than the bottom 93% and one man, Elon Musk, owns more wealth than the bottom 50% of US households.

Not surprisingly, working families are tired of status quo politics and the same old, same old establishment policies that have failed them for years. They want change, real change " and are supporting progressive candidates who are fighting for that change."

more at the link from Bernie

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-19 09:54 PM | Reply

Hi Corky:

Be careful and keep your left up.

As Landru warned in Star Trek: "You are not of the Body and must be absorbed."

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#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-19 09:59 PM | Reply

... Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged ...

Yup.

Democrat American voters seem to be voting more against the incumbent than actually for the DSA.

Nonetheless, the moving of voters towards the DSA and away from the billionaires seems to have created a major issue for the GOP and MAGA.

How do they (i.e., the GOP and MAGA) fight that?

By calling nearly everything they do not agree with "communism?"

I mean, you can see that GOP and MAGA angst here on this site. It almost amounts to troll bait, it seems to be so prolific.

The voters' apparent move away from the billionaire oligarchy seems to have them (i.e., the GOP and MAGA) very, oh so very., concerned.

Just look at how much time they have been expending and expounding upon the topic...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-19 10:09 PM | Reply

Democrat American voters seem to be voting more against the incumbent than actually for the DSA.

Its a toss up at this point.

But isn't it typical that the administration currently in power typically loses the midterm? Now the fight is between middle of the road D's and the DSA candidates.

Democratic socialists are giving the GOP a gift
www.usatoday.com

DSA winning big, now they want action.
www.nytimes.com

By calling nearly everything they do not agree with "communism?"

When DSA says yes thats correct, are they wrong?

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-08-19 10:33 PM | Reply

*** SiriusXM Radio Rakshasa Megyn Kelly: ""Free Childcare is for People Who Do Nothing" ***

"The Democratic Party's race to the left continues in earnest with a new win from a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, this time in Florida. In Florida, of all places. What's next? Mississippi?

"Last night DSA member Angie Nixon defeated retired Army lieutenant colonel and prominent resistance champ Alex Vindman in the Democratic primary for Senate in Florida. This guy is a left-wing hero, so how'd she take him down?

"She's DSA, that's how. Nixon advocates for abolishing ICE, free childcare " I love the word free. What it means is actual contributing members of society will pay for the free childcare of people who do nothing.

"Ashley Moody is going to be the opponent of Angie Dixon, and Ashley Moody is the current incumbent. She got the job, thanks to " she's a Republican " she got the job because Marco Rubella was elevated, and Gov. Ron DeSatan appointed her to replace Rubella when he became the secretary of state.

"But now they're running to see who's going to fill out the last couple of years of Rubello's term. And, look, the Republicans should win because it's Florida, and it's been since 2012, since we've had, I think, a Democrat elected to the US Senate or to a higher office in Florida.

"But who the hell knows, given the DSA is on some sort of a tear?"

~snip~

The harder the rightwing attack, the more they are panicking.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-19 10:35 PM | Reply

I just hope no one ever tells Bernie that 1Nut claims to have once been a supporter of his... I mean, at his age, that could cause a heart attack!

The article is a lengthy outlay of proposals and policies that a lot of Dems, left, progressive, and or moderate, could support.

Unless they are supposed former Bernie supporters who spend their time obfuscating for DJT.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-19 10:57 PM | Reply

@#4 ... When DSA says yes thats correct, are they wrong? ...

The DSA that's correct about what, exactly?

And they were wrong about what, exactly?

Yer current trolling alias is up ...

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-19 11:17 PM | Reply