If your argument is to not rely 100% on polls, just say that lol.
DSA is going to keep on fighting and winning, at least sometimes. I am going to back whoever is against Republicans with my vote, and I hope you do to, even if they have the word Socialism in their platform.
Your take right there is exactly your misunderstanding of polls. Those are not comparable due to what they are polling.
Polls on views of an ideology and party polls of a candidate are a bit different.
By misunderstanding what a poll indicates?
What this poll says to me is that Socialism is not seen as a boogeyman AS MUCH as it used to be. Which is pretty damn good news for anybody using the word in their campaign.
Brother, a black man with the middle name of Hussein won a presidential election.
Yes, racism and mysogyny were challenges in the 2024 race, but it was the Democratic policy that was the primary issue.
Look at what Obama offered in his race and compare it to what Kamala offered in her race. That lack of promise accompanied with her refusal to split from Biden on foreign policy (Gaza) was enough to both not draw in enough voters and push some over to Trump.
Take a look at Trump's policies as well. We who are here know he was lying, but to the uneducated voter, it sounded good enough to vote for over the other candidate.
Polls on views of an ideology and party polls of a candidate are a bit different.
Regardless, these are real views from people who respond to polling opportunities, so they will most likely vote in kind.
You can absolutely make the argument that the sample size is too small to get an accurate read on how the US would vote in a presidential run, but it is not really a reason to say that DSA candidates will never win.
The ship is going down and the grifters are finding better pastures.
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Ah, my bad, I misunderstood that as proof of which D candidate was stronger.
I said current evidence of which candidate the Republicans were potentially supporting. Is that source not evidence? Is it just fake news?
Nowhere did I say hard proof.
Volunteer count: Abdul had 10k people sign on to help with the campaign.
Polls: Abdul constantly led in the polls.
Democracy: Michigan Democrats believe he is the strongest candidate, so the majority voted for him.
Current evidence says otherwise in regards to who the 'weaker' candidate is, but that doesn't mean the fearmongering won't activate enough R voters in the general to out vote the progressive's momentum.
Echelon Insights suggested that Republican-leaning voters may have helped Stevens in the Detroit metro area.
I guess we will see. :)
I guess we will see if those numbers are outweighed by general democrats and independents who don't have a home of their own, jobs, or retirement savings and see the changes they want reflected in Socialist politician platforms.