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# How the DSA is Challenging the Democratic Establishment

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_Published 2026-08-21. Phones rise across the room as Chris Rabb steps to the front. It is the second day of the national summit for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in Chicago, and Rabb is fresh off an upset that launched the movement’s summer winning streak, defeating party-backed rivals in a Democratic congressional primary outside Philadelphia._


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## Transcript

Republicans are calling this the Summer of socialism. You may have seen some of the reasons why, after Zoran Mamdani's victory in New York last year, socialists and progressive candidates have been pulling off upset wins in primaries across the country, from Angie Nixon to Abdul El-Sayed to Chris Rabb. So I spent a weekend with the leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America at their national summit in Chicago earlier this month to understand why they're winning and what they plan to do with this newfound power. Here's what the socialist surge means for the Democratic Party in 2028. In one minute.

The first thing to understand is that the candidates winning these primaries aren't necessarily campaigning on socialism. They're running on affordability, cheaper housing, Medicare for all, stronger unions and higher taxes on the wealthy. Many also oppose U.S. support for Israel. Now that message is resonating, particularly with younger Democrats. And DSA has built a volunteer network that is capable of turning that frustration into votes. The line between socialist and progressive is also getting blurrier. Abdul El-Sayed, who won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, told me he's not a socialist, even though he ran on many of the same ideas.

But Dsa's national platform goes considerably further. It calls for abolishing the Senate, eliminating police and prisons, and bringing large corporations under public ownership. Establishment Democrats worry Republicans will mislead voters into believing the entire party backs those positions. DSA leaders, meanwhile, are thinking bigger. They told me they plan to use their growing influence to push Democrats left, and they're already debating the 2020 presidential race. Senate races in Michigan and Florida could offer the clearest test yet of whether socialist politics can win beyond Democratic primaries.

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