How Gen Z helped fuel the Democrats' midterm blue wave
My latest for the Guardian. Centrism didn’t win the Democratic Party the election. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Henry from New York19I know their fundraising texts say otherwise but Democratic Centerism is also responsible for #47 and his catastrophic policies/grifting. For one, the genocide was started and fully enabled by Biden.
Peter Jeffe6Very well argued Heba, and it's currently in fifth place in "most viewed"!
Light a Light🕯️4NO CORONATION. The “How Things Work” status quo only benefits 🤑💰💵💸 Congress is Accountable To We The People. WE SHOWED UP - NOT because we approve of the job the Dem “leadership” has been doing, but In Spite Of It. We Want Change. It Starts NOW. #NoHakeem #NoChuck #NoCoronation
wndl GRATEFUL bl3You mention it, but spitting mad registered voters is a better explanation. DSA did not turn Tarrant County Texas, where the Tea Party was born, blue. Being furious is what knocked off Bo French.
Rebecca Kennison2Exactly this. The DSA members and progressives already in Congress and the ones who are joining them are going to need us to keep going out on the streets and to continue talking/debating with our families, friends, and neighbors — not just leave everything up to them. I am committed to doing that.
Phillipe Copeland, PhD2The Guardian features some of my fave opinion writers.
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD225“We need to organize, and mobilize, to demand the multi-racial democracy we were promised – not a playground for the rich to get richer on the time and labor and lives of the poor”
Paul Rosenberg178"Constants do not produce change. It was a Democratic party committed to 'centrism' that lost the House in 2022. A promise to maintain the status quo did not win Kamala Harris the 2024 presidency.... Democratic politics have, in the last two years, shifted towards progressives and socialists"
Dex Anderson63people have been trying to make hay here in Minnesota saying Peggy somehow "underperformed" other statewide candidates because she was two points behind Klobuchar. But I think the story is that Klob underperformed. She only won by 13 points against a disliked opponent.
Jeff Spakowski30100% agree. "We need to demand an end to the fast violence of guns on our streets trained on our neighbors, bombs dropped from the sky and the slow violence of people dying because their healthcare was denied or their food stamps were cut." call 12022243121 and demand better leadership
JayBeeArsenal20It was the DSA and progressive politics that won. People are sick of centrism and liberalism.
Natalie Brito17💯- “But the dissent must also come from us, as it has been. We need to demand an end to the fast violence of guns on our streets trained on our neighbors, bombs dropped from the sky and the slow violence of people dying because their healthcare was denied or their food stamps were cut.”
Drug Monkey12A rebuke of Beltway Democrat centrism. Yes.
Leigh M. Johnson11“But the dissent must also come from us, as it has been. We need to demand an end to the fast violence of guns on our streets trained on our neighbors, bombs dropped from the sky and the slow violence of people dying because their healthcare was denied or their food stamps were cut.”
Plain Lincoln11'Centrism' never 'wins' ANYTHING for ANYBODY except the bent politicians selling the centrist snake oil in their bent quest for graft🤔
Garden Dad8Hakeem Jeffries will not commit to holding a vote on abolishing ICE. He opposes Medicare for All. He will not hold Trump accountable for the human rights violations committed, portraying it as a question of “getting even” rather than achieving justice where it was denied.
Republicans made gains with young voters in 2024, but in this year's midterms Americans under 30 issued a strong rebuke of President Trump and his party, voting decisively for Democrats instead. n.pr/48HEBUY
crazynavyvet1962.bsky.social20I'm glad young people came out and voted. I'm also glad they didn't believe the lies & voted Blue. Now, the Dems MUST NOT GO BACK to the status quo. They MUST deliver.
Green Hombre10ICE death squads turned off a lot of voters.
Guitar Harry6Thank you to every Gen Z voter who used their power to dismiss these useless old corrupt MAGA cultists. You are the future, and that makes me delighted!
milsma.bsky.social6Now imagine if they could’ve held their nose long enough to vote Dem in 2016. 🤷♀️
Lucas Foxx4The story of 2024 wasn't the voters who showed up. It was the voters who didn't.
Christopher Granholm3I’m tired of all this demographic theorizing! Let me shake it out for you plainly. In 2016, enough people in enough states voted to not have a female president. In 2024, enough people in enough states voted to not have a female president. There! Problem solved.
Ranor9There's been a lot of handwringing about how conservative Gen Z is (and admittedly, after 2024 I was concerned), but the fact that under 30 went towards dems +50 aligns much closer to my experience with Gen Z than what we saw a few years ago. 2024 might have simply just been an apathy election.
Beaver Bones Robertson 🇺🇦 🌊🇺🇸7"By 2028, Gen Z and millennial voters will make up more than half of the electorate, a demographic shift with huge implications for Democrats and the GOP."
En Buen Ora3Look! Look! See? They *can* notice the people who voted for this massive, massive Democratic wave election. They don't talk *to* them, they talk with analysts crunching the numbers. It's not like it's a white male conservative prayer group, whose opinions you want. But it's a start!
bbeach.bsky.social2Hard to imagine a more encouraging bar graph. Let's not blow it. bsky.app/profile/npr....
JZS2Dear Gen Z Thank you. One of my biggest worries over the past decade has been that young people would think any of this is normal. It's not. Integrity and honesty matter. Respect for others matters. The law matters. Kindness and decency matter. Thank you for showing up.
And Republicans wonder why they got blown away by a Blue Wave! You Can't Fix Stupid. ===============
Helena Handbasket🙄 #BlueCrew1Good, they deserve every bit of it.
gloriousruby.bsky.social1Yes...Satan won the election. lol
Rip Cusslick1Discussions at the Thanksgiving table will certainly be lively in many households this year.
chinagirl47.bsky.social1Yet another NAZI MAGAT REPUBLICAN IDIOT
livingfree55.bsky.social1They shouldn’t be upset about those things but they should be upset about waking up in ice detention center! That is coming
rokirk.bsky.social1I literally laughed out loud. 😂😂
blue wave dems hoping to emulate the "Mamdani Model" need to understand that it requires quick and HIGHLY VISIBLE action on things like full PBS funding and rolling back the ACA cuts ASAP Then you get a Gen Z staffer who knows what they're doing to cut a really slick video of you DOING IT
Hot Calc & Abby8Yeah you gotta do it, and you gotta make sure people SEE. which is not a new concept this is literally what being a politician is about how have they forgotten?
ZippyVtuber🔞3Exactly. People have short attention spans. If you’re fixing things but they take too long, they’ll say you aren’t fixing anything.
Haloeye the Incubi2Let's hope they see and follow his role model and actually strive to meet expectations. Hate to see things back slide after these these past two years. x0x
Democrats need to deliver for the people first. Take back the power of Congress: Stop the Iran War Get rid of tariffs Increase SNAP, Medicare, healthcare & VA funding Stop Trump’s vanity projects Release the Epstein files Investigate fraud #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 www.newsweek.com/adam-ham
Mac n Cheese17Yes Sir. The people are really hurting. I’m seeing more and more homeless people in my area. It breaks my heart. Hoping the changes come quickly. Here’s my requests.
Lu's True Blue💙🗳️💯8True that! A chicken in every pot, healthcare for all, a bed for every head, it can and will be done, now that we’ve been given the opportunity!
Gina5He is absolutely correct. We all worked hard to achieve this; we are NOT going to be silent if they decide to just sit back on their laurels and do nothing.
haterofhate.bsky.social1he is right on that, we wasted 4 years and while the president tried, congress was an albatross that whole time
Lori🩷🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🖖1Don't forget to do this too, traitors don't get a pass!
looks like some sore losers are already butt hurt about the blue wave lol …
Karl Mueller3Tell him to try smiling more
The incels certainly are holding on to their involuntary celibacy with both hands… 🤦♂️
Pyro Bob3"That ass is not fat" Gigglypuff wagon erasure
Erik H. // dragonadamant2I saw the other comments, and I was glad so many people also gave you compliments. I think it's super cool of you to be so confident, and I hope you never lose that
Chaotically Creative2You are my favorite rage baiter. :)
mweis2Some people are so goddamn weird and bitter
