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.