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In reply to the discussion: We need a new Democratic Party, that much is clear [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)You write: " I have finally succumbed to the notion that it can't be changed from within. It is hopeless as long as money decides who wins and who loses. Time to fight for change from outside." (emphasis added)
The Green Party is always heavily outspent. At least in Democratic primaries, there are races where good progressives can keep the spending competitive or even have an advantage.
We all know that money has too much influence. But how does stomping off to the Green Party change that fact?
If your favorite progressive can overcome the right wing's moneylords and win election as a Green, then he or she can win the primary and the election as a Democrat. The major difference is that working within the Democratic Party means you don't incur the automatic opposition of millions of voters who don't pay a lot of attention to politics but who identify as Democrats and who will routinely vote for the candidate with that label.