cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/12077419

From Atlanta Capital B News

A growing number of Black Democrats who feel alienated by politics as usual within the party are finding common cause with Democratic Socialist activists who want the government to be more responsive to the needs of the working class. Mathewos Samson, a 27-year-old software integration engineer, is competing against Republican Torrey Balam to replace retiring […]The post Georgia Poised to Elect Its First Black Democratic Socialist appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Now what will the corpo democrats do? They can’t pull the usual bullshit of “what if the more corpo candidate is of a more diverse background”.

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      19 hours ago

      What are this guy’s current chances of winning in the general election? And in comparison, what would you estimate (since we’ll never know) a more moderate Democrat’s odds of winning that same general election?

      I’m trying to check Kissmi/pooeymkat (misspelled on purpose), but haven’t had much luck finding the odds so far.