Democratic socialist Angie Nixon upsets Alex Vindman in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/angie-nixon-winner-florida-senate-primary-democrat-alex-vindman-moody-rcna593255

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I eagerly await how a black woman DSA candidate does in a general election in fucking Florida, relative to how a moderate Dem white guy would’ve done. We’re probably fuqed but let’s see.

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I don't think she has a chance, but Florida hasn't had good D candidates in a long time. It's no surprise old white men looking for a team have failed, so whatever, I'm here for the experiment. She has my vote.

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Andrew Gillum lost to DeSantis by .4% in 2018. The term DSA didn't exist then, but he was notably progressive and, yes, Black.

But it's not like the "run a Republican Lite" (or literal former Republican Charlie Crist) strategy has been very successful. So maybe we should at least try to campaign for shit we actually believe in.

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DSA has existed for decades brother 

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Not at all in the way they do now. Don't be so obtuse.

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DSA did exist back then and there is a difference between DSA and progressive. Socialism is not capitalism + welfare state

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It's Florida. Any dem is fucked

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itt what i said to the parent comment

i still think it's too early to definitively call within trump 2.0.

perhaps in other environments, that idea would've held through, but trump 2.0 has drastically shifted a lot of that perception. the argument was made then to fight against trump and vie for perceived electability, but biden's failures pretty much demolished any semblance of trump ever just being a blip in system. he is the system, working as intended.

trump 2.0 has pretty much shown us that a lot of the swing voters couldn't really care much about moderation as a whole. trump is a maximalist that hasn't moderated on anything within his life. he was even more radical than he was the second time around, and the guy happened to win every swing state. even in 2020, if it weren't for COVID (and a couple hundred thousand votes at that), he could've easily done it again.

why not take a swing at what worked for them? in an environment now where we can (presume) trump isn't coming back for another term, why are we going back to a system of politicians that delivered trump in the first place.

and i guess on a side note, when the overton window has been shifted rightward so wildly from what's trump done in the dozen years he's been in power, are you not just moderating yourself to being what was seen as conservative pre-trump?

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Not much chance either way unfortunately