Knock Down The House
Idk. This elections/ primaries since 2024 have been a mixed bag. Its pretty difficult when you've got elections like Illinois 9th, where the only viable progressive candidate has to face down two AIPAC funded candidates at once, while Mike_from_PA is putting her on blast for not being a "perfect progressive". And she still came within two points. This came on the tails of the Jersey race where the AIPAC candidates cannibalized and the progressive made it through. AIPAC reorganized, re-strategized, and got their candidates through across the board that Tuesday, while the Tankie coalition ate up the slop and tore down the one chance we had at getting a socialist into that safe blue seat.
Just saying that Knock Down The House is getting more and more out of date, and elections are changing in REAL time, with extraordinary pressure being placed on candidates, with fundraising expectations being raised to basically impossible levels. AND EVEN when the fundraising goals are met, thats still not necessarily enough when we've got an entire pro-Israel/ pro-Zionism media apparatus working to shut candidates down.
I'm not saying it couldn't work, but a big part of AOC's victory was catching an incumbent off guard in a safe blue seat. They're on their guard now. If AOC was running today, I think she would still win, but it would be much more difficult.