The Fight in the Democratic Party Is Not Left vs. Center, But Left vs. Left ^48.5%

Washington Monthly - By Bill Scher - 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 34% - Appeal to Emotion 20.2% - Biased Writer Voice 18%

After 15-term Denver-area U.S. Representative Diana DeGette lost her Democratic primary to the 29-year-old Democratic Socialists of America member Melat Kiros, the socialist streamer Hasan Piker, drink in hand, crowed, “Thank you for not retiring Diana DeGette ... and hand select[ing] your replacement, which would’ve been a cookie-cutter... more