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Kinda wish the PSL put in more time and effort in local level election organizing than promoting their presidential ticket.
yeah go get some of those unopposed county positions and shit so people are used to seeing your party on the ballot and then eat the democrats' lunch in the state elections they pay no attention to and all but gave up against republicans for 50 years.
We see elections primarily as a vehicle for driving our other organizing work and building more party members and non-member allies. The presidential election is the biggest platform by far to do that. We do run in local elections occasionally, but it's still with the same motivation as above. We don't see holding a single city council seat as doing much to win power.
Now, I do think after this year, we'll be in a much stronger position to seriously contest many more local elections and would expect to see PSL candidates, especially in small progressive cities, winning seats more frequently.