• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    It’s not just good, it’s both intentional and natural.

    The neoliberals used the “victory fund” since 2016 to influence state parties and this state primaries to keep a boot on progressive’s necks. That’s both why and how Schumer and Jeffries got leadership elections with votes even from AOC and Bernie.

    Harrison’s DNC would have cut off their state parties just to make an example of them if they didn’t vote for those two.

    But right after congressional leadership vote, the DNC pivoted left and the new chair started dumping that money on state parties with zero strings.

    They have plenty of money and don’t need donors…

    There’s no pressure to tip scales to the right…

    State party offices operating at high staffing helps progressives, because people who are politically aware prefer progressives…

    These aren’t flukes, they’re not in response to any single topic/issue. And there’s no reason to anticipate it stopping.

    This is just what happens when the party focuses on maxing turnout instead of maxing donations.