The Socialists Want the DNC to Sign Its Own Death Warrant

The activists will only keep trying.

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From left: Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), then-New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) at the “New York is Not For Sale” rally in New York City, October 26, 2025.

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The institutional Democratic Party is awake to its peril, but the hour is late.

One-third of all Democrats now identify as socialists. The party’s most popular figures are Democratic Socialists themselves. Three out of four Democratic voters say they are willing to support a socialist candidate for the presidency (despite most of the general electorate’s opposition to socialism and its champions).

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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