Much more excited by targeting congressional districts rather than the Senate run they announced. I hope that nyc dsa works with them and doesn't try to run their own candidate and it's all fighting each other while torres has an easy time.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I talked to a DSA guy at my local NKD (I am west coast and don't know how the character of DSA is different locally in NYC) but they said they consider endorsing candidates that they think can win and won't endorse candidates that they think have too small of a chance of winning or something? Which is why they wouldn't endorse PSL candidates usually (for example, they probably won't endorse Ramsey Robinson for governor unless he polls well I guess?)

I am excited for some of the races PSL is contesting though. I doubt we can win governor in CA, but Lalo Vargas is running for insurance commissioner and that has produced some amazing agitprop, especially among communities affected by the LA fires who are getting fucked by their insurance

[–] YEP@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That makes sense. It was my understanding that ny 15 was a district that people were looking at for a primary. I just don't want psl and dsa fighting over the same things, kinda waste of resources on the grand scale.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I can see this district as a big prize though. I think DSA would endorse Andre if they think he can win, if not they still might launch their own candidate.

I hope that, at least in some instances across the country, DSA and PSL will co-endorse some candidates. I don't think they need to work together necessarily, and their goals are different, but nonetheless it would be nice to see a candidate win that was endorsed by both.

[–] YEP@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess I kinda disagree w only running in races you can win. I don't believe the extreme of running everywhere and getting 1% or something. I also see value in name recognition/recruitment getting like sizable chunk. Idk there's probably a deeper calculus to this that isn't really gonna get solved in hexbear comments.

Happy that that there is movement more generally.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah I don't claim to know the DSA strategy entirely, this is just from talking to one dude. I don't know how they come to their conclusions about "who can win", it can't just be based on polling because at the start of the dem primary in NYC Zohran was polling at like 1%

But I do understand that DSA doesn't want to do campaigns that are purely for agitprop, like the PSL presidential run.