Progressives see promise in more diverse candidates, voters ahead of 2024

[RandySF]

The Democratic Party’s progressive wing has been through many iterations – from the upstart insurgency of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2016 to the 2018 primary upsets inspired by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and the expanding Squad of 2022.

Now, at the start of the 2024 election cycle, the movement has seen even more promising levels of diversity, particularly among Black and brown communities, with many on the left hoping to redefine the party around their flank.

“Who and what does a progressive look like?” asked Danielle Deiseroth, a former Sanders campaign operative who now serves as executive director of the left-wing polling firm Data for Progress. “The progressive wing of the party increasingly becoming a bigger part of the Democratic base is really bringing that image more mainstream.”

“Not every progressive looks like Bernie Sanders,” she said.

Elected leaders, strategists, and grassroots organizers want the diversity evolution to show what modern leftism can look like in generations to come. The transition has been deliberate and gradual, with many seeking to course-correct the white male stereotype that defined the narrative around the early Sanders phenomenon.




https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4158986-progressives-see-promise-in-more-diverse-candidates-voters-ahead-of-2024/

[betsuni]

2. It's not what people look like, it's what they do and are.

Saying you're a "progressive" doesn't mean anything.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I endorse that proposition

I belong to a progressive democratic group in Passaic County, NJ.

All women, all races, all cultures and we’re bonded together to elect
Democrats, esp. women.