Democrats use it as an excuse to court centrists and move to the right. So if every loss pushes Democrats to the right, not the left, how exactly do you expect to push them left by costing them elections? In what way does that not make sense? What is the real conclusion? Where did ideas of electoral defeatism originate, and what purpose do they serve?

Can you demonstrate this with data or something? I know that DSA members have been getting elected all over the place since Democrats started losing to Trump with 90% of all DSA members being elected since 2019. I also know that taking money from AIPAC is increasingly seen as politically toxic and elected Democrats are condemning Israel’s genocide.