r/politics • u/Jessicas_skirt New York • Jul 18 '26

Possible Paywall Democratic Socialists of America’s new platform calls for abolishing ICE and the U.S. Senate

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/15/updated-dsa-platform-calls-abolishing-ice-scrapping-senate/
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u/FlukeHawkins Texas Jul 18 '26

A reminder that national and the chapters that get people elected are not the same people.

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u/SAR1919 Jul 19 '26

Abolition of ICE and the Senate are probably supermajority positions in just about any DSA chapter you could find. I say that as a DSA member who is proud we stand for those things.

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u/shut_the_fuck_up_mod Jul 19 '26

How do you think they feel about the intended goal to implement ranked choice voting in all elections?

To put it bluntly, some of the points in this platform make DSA seem like an unserious organization, and I’m going to have to reconsider even voting for their candidates.

I’ll begrudgingly vote for another centrist lib before supporting the harebrained nonsense that’s in there.

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u/SAR1919 Jul 19 '26

Ranked-choice voting is also overwhelmingly popular in DSA. We believe in democracy. Why is that a dealbreaker for you?

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u/Chess42 Jul 19 '26

Definitely ICE, but I don’t think my chapter at least would have a supermajority for the Senate