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In reply to the discussion: Message to the Left-Wing [View all]eridani
(51,907 posts)--consisting of West Seattle, Vashon Island, part of the small suburban city of Burien, and some unincorporated areas. Our counterpart Republican chair has said that he couldn't win the district even by running Abraham Lincoln. You have a major uphill battle running for state representative or Seattle City Council without the endorsement of our local Dem organization.
Yet--fewer than half of our precinct committee officer positions are filled! If left oriented people who are not party members yet were to till them, they could take over the district party apparatus. Third party advocates (to be distinguished from non-electoral issue-based mass movements) constantly complain about how much time it would take to take over the Democratic Party at state and national levels. But building an entire new party structure from scratch? Easy-peasy! Go figure.