Yesterday was the first time since 2022 that progressives have successfully primaried Democratic incumbents. I have a working paper on the "Tea Party of the Left" since Bernie Sanders's 2016 run. Paper is mixed method with candidate interviews and causal analyses papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Tea Party of the Left? Progressive Insurgent Influence in the Democratic Party, 2018-2022
<div> <div> <div> <p></p> <div> <div> <div> <p><span>Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic presidential nomination twice. But his “politica
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The Midterms are an unprecedented opportunity for a Tea Party-like transformation of the Democratic Party: new and radicalized voters electing new and radical politicians, but then democratic and on left-wing. Except: there is no Tea Party of the left. There is momentum but little infrastructure.