Dems' Tea Party-like rebellion built by a decade of frustration

Democratic voters have spent a decade frustrated with their party's establishment — from the twenty sixteen primary battles, to the rallying behind Biden in twenty twenty, through the turmoil of twenty twenty-four. This month, that anger erupted across the country's primaries. According to Axios, progressive and socialist outsiders are defeating establishment-backed Democrats in New York, Washington D.C., Maine, California, Pennsylvania, and Montana — prompting comparisons to the Republican Tea Party movement. Former Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer says the left is simply out-organizing and out-fundraising the party's traditional machinery. Some Democratic insiders fear a populist outsider could take over the party by twenty twenty-eight. The underlying question: will these newly elected progressives form a disciplined voting bloc in Congress, or will the Democratic establishment adapt before the rift becomes permanent?

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