Democratic Socialists of America

{{See also|History of the socialist movement in the United States|Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee|New American Movement}}

File:Dorothy Healey.jpg, "The Red Queen of Los Angeles", was an important link from the Old Left of the far-left organized labor oriented Young Workers League of the 1930s to the CPUSA during the Cold War and then to the New Left of the Vietnam War protest era.]]

Formed in 1982 by the merger of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and the New American Movement (NAM), the DSA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. At its founding, it was said to consist of approximately 5,000 members from the DSOC, plus 1,000 from the NAM. Dorothy Ray Healey, a communist and former leading figure of the Communist Party USA, served as vice chair in 1982.

The DSA inherited both Old Left and New Left heritage. The NAM was a successor to the disintegrated Students for a Democratic Society. The DSOC was founded in 1973 from a minority anti-Vietnam War caucus in the Socialist Party of America (SPA)—which had been renamed Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA). DSOC started with 840 members, of whom 2% had served on its national board, and approximately 200 of whom came from SDUSA or its predecessors (the Socialist Party–Social Democratic Federation, formerly part of the SPA) in 1973, when the SDUSA stated its membership at 1,800, according to a 1973 profile of Harrington.

The red rose is part of the official DSA logo. It was drawn from the logo of the DSOC, its precursor organization, and previously of the Socialist International, which shows a stylized fist clenching a red rose, the fist replaced by a biracial handshake pertaining to the DSA's staunch anti-racism.{{cite web|url=http://www.dsausa.org/where_we_stand|title=Where We Stand|date=February 26, 1998|publisher=Democratic Socialists of America|access-date=March 26, 2018}} The fist and rose logo was originally designed for the French Socialist Party in 1969.

DSA's first convention took place in a Manhattan high school on October 14–16, 1983.{{Cite web |last=Judis |first=John B. |date=October 26 – November 1, 1983 |title=Despite growth, DSA is unsure of its political role |url=https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/is-us/IS-documents/78-84/83-11.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622024122/https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/is-us/IS-documents/78-84/83-11.pdf |archive-date=2021-06-22 |website=October 26 – November 1, 1983 |publisher=In These Times}} Guillermo Ungo, leader of the Revolutionary Democratic Front in El Salvador, was a featured speaker. Barbara Ehrenreich was elected co-chair of DSA. Notable attendees included Randall Forsberg and U.S. Representative Ronald Dellums.{{Cite journal |last1=Schoch |first1=Jim |last2=Ehrenreich |first2=Barbara |author-link2=Barbara Ehrenreich |date=November–December 1983 |title=Convention Reports |url=https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/files/sites/6/2019/01/DL_1983_V011_09-10_final.pdf |journal=Democratic Left |volume=XI |issue=9–10 |pages=5–10 |via=democraticleft.dsausa.org}}

DSA's second national convention took place at the Berkeley Community Theater in California on November 9–11, 1985. Featured speakers were Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto and Mpho Tutu, daughter of Desmond Tutu. Notable attendees included Ehrenreich, Michael Harrington, and Cornel West.{{Cite journal |last=Haer |first=John |date=January–February 1986 |title=Timeless Values, New Ideas |url=https://www.dsausa.org/files/2019/07/DL-1985-Convention-Coverage.pdf |journal=Democratic Left |volume=XIV |issue=1 |pages=9–11 |via=dsausa.org}}

File:BoiseDSAMembersAtABigTentIdahoanDemocratEvent.jpg event in late September 2018]]

In the early 1980s, the DSOC's estimated membership was 5,000, but after its merger with the NAM and subsequent founding of the DSA, the new organization's membership grew to an estimated 7,000 in 1987.

The DSA's membership greatly increased following Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, the presidential victory of Donald Trump, the 2018 election of DSA member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2020, organizers said the DSA had attracted about 10,000 new members since March of that year. According to DSA leaders, after Sanders dropped out of the 2020 presidential race in April, many supporters previously aligned with his campaign moved over to the DSA. Membership peaked at 95,000 in 2021, when the organization had 239 local chapters,{{cite web|url=https://convention2021.dsausa.org/files/sites/23/2021/07/NPC-Recommendations-to-the-2021-Convention-Updated.pdf|title=Updated NPC Recommendations|date=Summer 2021|work=DSAUSA|access-date=July 30, 2021}} before declining to 77,575 by August 2023, largely from lapsed dues. The organization has gained at least 2,400 new dues-paying members since October 2023 due to its pro-Palestinian stance during the Gaza war.

Between 2013 and 2017, the median age of its membership decreased from 68 to 33.{{fv|date=June 2025}}

The DSA publishes Democratic Left and Socialist Forum, quarterly magazines of news, analysis, and internal debate.{{Cite web |title=Democratic Left |url=https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Democratic Left |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://socialistforum.dsausa.org/about/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Socialist Forum |language=en-US}} Democratic Left continues in an uninterrupted run from the original Newsletter of the Democratic Left published by the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, a DSA predecessor, since its establishment in 1973.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} Left-wing quarterly magazine Jacobin often aligns with DSA, although they are not affiliated. In 2014, Jacobin{{'s}} founder and then-editor Bhaskar Sunkara, a DSA member, praised DSA founder Michael Harrington, calling him "very underrated as a popularizer of Marxist thought".{{cite journal |last1=Sunkara |first1=Bhaskar |author-link1=Bhaskar Sunkara |year=2014 |title=Interview: Project Jacobin |url=https://newleftreview.org/II/90/bhaskar-sunkara-project-jacobin |url-status=live |journal=New Left Review |volume=90 |pages=28–43 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419144421/https://newleftreview.org/II/90/bhaskar-sunkara-project-jacobin |archive-date=April 19, 2018 |access-date=March 26, 2018}} Caucuses within DSA often have their own publications to spread their particular views within and outside the organization, such as The Call,{{Cite web |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Call |url=https://socialistcall.com/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |language=en-US}} Reform and Revolution,{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=Reform & Revolution |url=https://reformandrevolution.org/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |language=en-US}} Partisan Magazine,{{Cite web |title=Partisan |url=https://partisanmag.com/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Partisan |language=en-US}} and Light and Air.{{Cite web |title=Light and Air Blog |url=https://www.marxistunity.com/light-and-air |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Marxist Unity Group |language=en-US}}

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DSA members support a wide range of ideologies within the framework of democratic socialism, such as the democratic road to socialism,{{Cite web |last=Wetzel |first=Tom |title=Electoral Road to Socialism? |url=https://roarmag.org/magazine/electoral-road-to-socialism/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=ROAR Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Solenberger |first=Peter |date=2019-09-27 |title=Reform or revolution? A response to three intriguing questions |url=https://solidarity-us.org/three_questions_response/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Solidarity |language=en-US}} libertarian socialism, orthodox Marxism, social democracy, evolutionary socialism, Trotskyism, and Marxism–Leninism. Ideologies like socialist feminism and eco-socialism are also prominent within the organization.

Members' views vary significantly on topics like democratic economic planning, market socialism, reform versus revolution, democratic centralism versus horizontalism, and degrowth.

The DSA experienced a significant ideological shift after 2016, with an influx of younger members who helped push the organization toward anti-Zionism and support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movements. This shift brought in a broader array of ideologies than the DSA's original focus on reformist and popular front strategies.{{Cite news |last=Isserman |first=Maurice |date=2023-10-23 |title=Why I Just Quit DSA |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/quit-dsa-gaza-israel/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |issn=0027-8378}}{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=Adam |date=2017-08-05 |title=A Turning Point on the Left? Libertarian Caucus Debuts at Democratic Socialist Conference |url=https://truthout.org/articles/a-turning-point-on-the-left-libertarian-caucus-debuts-at-democratic-socialist-conference/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Truthout |language=en-US |quote=In addition, many are viewing the DSA convention this week in Chicago as a key turning point within the organization. Coming out of the DSA is a new caucus called the Libertarian Socialist Caucus. The LSC promotes a vision of 'libertarian socialism' ...}}

During the 2023 DSA National Convention, Marxist and revolutionary socialist factions won a majority of seats on the DSA's 2023–2025 National Political Committee, marking a further shift to the left.{{Cite web |last=Wilhelm |first=Amy |date=2023-08-22 |title=DSA Convention 2023: A Jump to the Left |url=https://seattledsa.org/2023/08/__trashed/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Seattle Democratic Socialists of America |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-24 |title=New Hope for DSA: Convention sees USA's largest socialist group shift to the left |url=https://rupture.ie/articles/reform-and-revolution-new-hope-for-dsa-with-a-shift-to-the-left |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Rupture |language=en-GB}}

File:Democratic Socialists Occupy Wall Street 2011 Shankbone.JPG in 2011]]

The dominant position in DSA regards the abolition of capitalism and the realization of socialism as a long-term goal, therefore the organization focuses its immediate political energies on reforms within capitalism that empower working people while decreasing the power of corporations.

The DSA has been involved in a variety of labor organizing campaigns. In 2020, the DSA and United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America founded the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) to "help workers organize" by developing training programs and connecting labor organizers with appropriate resources.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-17 |title=Want to Unionize Your Workplace? This Group Can Help |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/emergency-workplace-organizing-committee |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Zelenke |first=Keating |date=Dec 20, 2023 |title=Coming Full Circle: Retired Labor Organizers Advise a New Generation of Unionizing Workers |url=https://indypendent.org/2023/12/coming-full-circle-retired-labor-organizers-advise-a-new-generation-of-unionizing-workers/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Indypendent |language=en-US}} Jacobin attributed various labor organizing drive and union election victories to the assistance of EWOC organizers. The DSA has frequently adopted the strategy of getting socialists hired in key occupations to establish new unions or reform caucuses within existing unions.{{Cite web |last=Wallace |first=Tyrone |date=Aug 9, 2023 |title=How the Teamsters Went Up Against UPS and Won a Historic New Contract |url=https://indypendent.org/2023/08/how-the-teamsters-went-up-against-ups-and-won-a-historic-new-contract/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Indypendent |language=en-US}}

On March 7, 2021, DSA launched a coalitional effort with Communications Workers of America and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, with rallies and hundreds of thousands of phone calls to voters.{{Cite web |last=Mellins |first=Sam |date=April 13, 2021 |title=Socialists and Organized Labor Are Uniting to Change Pro-Boss Labor Laws |url=https://jacobin.com/2021/04/dsa-pro-act-unions-organizing |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Jacobin |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Grim |first=Ryan |date=2021-04-13 |title=Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act |url=https://theintercept.com/2021/04/12/pro-act-mark-kelly-angus-king-dsa/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}} During the 117th Congress, the bill passed the House but died in committee in the Senate.

In October 2023, the University of Oregon's YDSA chapter led a campaign to form the nation's largest wall-to-wall undergraduate labor union, and successfully unionized 4,900 student workers.{{Cite news |last=Pope |first=Zurie |date=2023-05-19 |title="Socialism Is the Future": Inside the 2023 YDSA Conference |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/young-democratic-socialists-ydsa-2023-winter-conference/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}{{Cite web |last=Purucker |first=David |date=March 18, 2024 |title=Victory for Student Workers and YDSA at the University of Oregon |url=https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/victory-for-student-workers-and-ydsa-at-the-university-of-oregon/ |website=Democratic Left}}{{Cite web |last=Springfield |first=Bryce |date=2023-11-23 |title=An Introduction to the Internal Politics of DSA |url=https://theprincetonprogressive.com/an-introduction-to-the-internal-politics-of-dsa/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=The Prog |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=David Purucker and Liam |date=2024-03-01 |title=Undergraduate Student Worker Unions and the Rank-and-File Strategy |url=https://socialistcall.com/2024/03/01/undergraduate-student-worker-unions-and-the-rank-and-file-strategy/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=The Call |language=en-US}}

DSA supports the implementation of a Green New Deal, including "Massive public investment to transition away from fossil fuels toward a green and sustainable economy. Guaranteed support for workers in the fossil fuel industry, massive infrastructure and jobs programs, and public ownership over major transportation and energy infrastructure and natural resources."{{Cite web |url=https://2024.dsausa.org/|title=Workers Deserve More! Democratic Socialists of America 2024 Program |author=|website= DSA.org}}

In late 2019, the New York City DSA chapter established the Public Power NY Coalition, aimed at expanding public renewable energy in collaboration with organized labor and DSA members in the New York state legislature. According to campaign organizer Ashley Dawson, the Coalition was formed after private utility company Consolidated Edison increased electricity prices; it was also concerned about Consolidated Edison's fossil fuel lobbying, its failure to invest in upgrading its energy infrastructure, and respiratory illnesses caused by pollution in low-income and minority neighborhoods.

In March 2023, DSA members in the U.S. House Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman wrote to Governor Kathy Hochul to urge the passage of the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA).{{Cite web |last=Conley |first=Julia |date=May 2, 2023 |title='Big Win': New York to Build Publicly Owned Clean Energy, Electrify New Buildings |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-york-budget-renewables |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Common Dreams |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Ashford |first=Grace |date=2023-03-29 |title=In Rare Show of Force, House Democrats Pressure Hochul on Climate Bill |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/nyregion/hochul-renewable-energy-aoc.html |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0362-4331}}

In May 2023, the DSA claimed that the four-year organizing campaign led by New York state chapters enabled the BPRA to pass. DSA and progressive media called it "the biggest Green New Deal victory in U.S. history" due to its provisions for public renewable energy, unionized public jobs, electricity price discounts, and closing natural gas plants.{{Cite news |last=Uteuova |first=Aliya |date=2023-05-03 |title=New York takes big step toward renewable energy in 'historic' climate win |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/03/new-york-renewable-energy-public-utilities |access-date=2023-07-16 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Lawrence |date=July 9, 2023 |title=In New York State, Socialists Have Won a Landmark Victory for Green Jobs and Clean Public Power |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/07/new-york-bpra-green-new-deal-public-renewable-energy |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Jacobin |language=en-US}}

Some have criticized the New York Power Authority for lack of transparency around progress toward the goals of the BPRA, and for hiring McKinsey & Company to implement the plan, which advocates have criticized for corruption and alleged bias for private development.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-03 |title=A year in, New York's pioneering public power law makes uneven... |url=https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/a-year-in-new-yorks-pioneering-public-power-law-makes-uneven-progress |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Canary Media |language=en}}

File:Abolish ICE Banner-SF 19Jun2018.jpg with a DSA banner calling for the abolition of ICE]]

DSA calls for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an end to all immigrant detention and deportations, and a "demilitarization" of the Mexico–United States border.{{Cite web |last=Krieger |first=Sonja |date=2018-07-30 |title=Abolish ICE, and Abolish the Border Too: A Socialist Perspective |url=https://www.leftvoice.org/abolish-ice-and-abolish-the-border-too-a-socialist-perspective/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Left Voice |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Malkin |first=Michelle |date=2018-06-27 |title='Abolish ICE' Zealots Occupy Fantasy Island |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/american-left-advocates-abolishing-ice-reckless-sentiment/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=National Review |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2018-06-28 |title=Portland City Commissioners Join Socialists' Call to Abolish Federal Immigration Agency: "ICE Is Stupid" |website=Willamette Week |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2018/06/27/portland-city-commissioners-join-socialists-call-to-abolish-federal-immigration-agency-ice-is-stupid/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |language=en}}

In the 1990s, the DSA Fund directed resources to the Prison Moratorium Project led by the youth section of DSA, which aimed to divest from private prisons and contributed to Sodexo partially divesting from them.{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=Laura |date=2001-09-27 |title=Prison Moratorium Project considers next step |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2001/09/27/archive-manual/prison-moratorium-project-considers-next-step/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=The Daily Northwestern}}

The organization was a member of the Socialist International from 1982 to 2017. A majority of delegates at the 2017 DSA National Convention voted to leave the International due to its alleged support for neoliberal economic policies. Delegates at the 2021 DSA National Convention voted to apply to join the São Paulo Forum, and DSA became an Associate Member organization in 2023. Delegates at the August 2023 DSA National Convention voted for the organization to join the Progressive International, and DSA became an official member in October 2023.{{Cite web |last=Svart |first=Maria |author-link=Maria Svart |date=Oct 5, 2023 |title=DSA Joins Progressive International |url=https://www.dsausa.org/news/oct2023dispatch/#progressive-international |website=Democratic Socialists of America}}{{Cite web |date=Oct 4, 2023 |title=Announcing: 13 parties, unions and movements join the membership of the Progressive International |url=https://progressive.international/wire/2023-10-04-13-parties-unions-and-movements-join-the-membership-of-the-progressive-international/en |website=Progressive International}}

{{See also|Israeli–Palestinian conflict}}

DSA originally supported Israel and Zionism. When the United Nations passed Resolution 3379 in 1975, which called Zionism a form of racism, Harrington called it a "preposterous charge" that "drain[ed] the concept of racism of any serious meaning."{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/dsa-american-socialists-israel-palestine-divide/675989/|title=Why Older Socialists Are Quitting the DSA|website=The Atlantic |date=November 15, 2023 }} Former DSA vice-chair Jo-Ann Mort has said the group was formerly "the place to go on the left if you were a socialist and you were pro-Israel".

After 2016, DSA shifted toward an anti-Zionist stance, viewing Israel as an imperialist, apartheid ethnostate. On August 5, 2017, DSA members nearly unanimously passed a resolution to formally endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.{{Cite news |date=November 19, 2020 |title=BDS Israel boycott group is anti-Semitic, says US |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54999010 |access-date=March 11, 2021}}

{{further|Iron Dome}}

In 2021, the DSA attracted criticism from the socialist left due to a vote by U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman, an elected member of DSA at the time, in favor of providing $1 billion in additional annual aid to Israel, in violation of DSA's anti-Zionist and pro-BDS platform.{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2021 |title=DSA Stands with the Palestinian People: National Political Committee Condemns Iron Dome Vote/DSA apoya al pueblo palestino: el Comité Político Nacional condena el voto de Domo de Hierro |url=https://www.dsausa.org/statements/dsa-stands-with-the-palestinian-people-national-political-committee-condemns-iron-dome-vote/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Democratic Socialists of America |language=en-US}} Bowman was also criticized for meeting with Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett on a trip to Israel organized by the liberal Zionist lobby group J Street.

In February 2022, Bowman removed his sponsorship of the Israeli Relations Normalization Act, which some DSA members considered a win from engaging with Bowman's office.{{Cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2748 |title=H.R.2748 – 117th Congress (2021–2022): Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021 |website=Congress.gov |publisher=Library of Congress|date=September 30, 2021}} In April 2023, Bowman co-led a letter to President Joe Biden with Senator Bernie Sanders urging a probe into the use of U.S. weapons to commit human rights abuses against Palestinians.{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Sharon |date=2023-04-14 |title=Sanders, Bowman to Biden: Israel's Apartheid Must Not Be Funded by US Taxpayers |url=https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-bowman-to-biden-israels-apartheid-must-not-be-funded-by-us-taxpayers/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Truthout |language=en-US}} The letter called for restricting $3.8 billion in annual military aid to Israel and "immediate action to prevent the further loss of Israeli and Palestinian lives".

In July 2023, the House of Representatives passed a resolution, 412–9, declaring that "The State of Israel is not a racist or apartheid state, Congress rejects all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia, and the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel." Among those voting against the resolution were DSA members Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Bush, and Bowman, who each cited the Israeli government's human rights abuses against Palestinians.

{{Further information|Gaza war|Gaza war protests}}

On October 7, 2023, DSA published a statement saying Hamas's attack that day was the direct result of Israel's "apartheid regime". It went on to condemn all civilian casualties, reaffirm its stance against the occupation of Palestinian territory and support for Palestinian statehood, call for an end to U.S. financial support to the State of Israel, and spotlight an initiative by DSA-endorsed New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani that would end nonprofit status for organizations funding Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity.{{Cite tweet |number=1710857364604412350 |user=DemSocialists |title=DSA is steadfast in expressing our solidarity with Palestine. [...] |access-date=2023-10-19 |language=en}} The same day, Cori Bush released a statement mourning "the over 250 Israeli and 230 Palestinian lives that have been lost today",{{Cite news |last=Hubbard |first=Kaia |date=9 October 2023 |title=Lawmakers React to the Hamas Attack on Israel |newspaper=U.S. News & World Report |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-10-09/members-of-congress-react-to-the-hamas-attack-on-israel |access-date=22 November 2023}} criticizing Israel's military response to the attack,{{Cite news |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jason |date=8 November 2023 |title=Rep. Cori Bush doubles down on Israel criticism as primary opponent calls for nuance |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/08/1211483318/rep-cori-bush-doubles-down-on-israel-criticism-as-primary-opponent-calls-for-nua |access-date=22 November 2023}} and calling for "ending U.S. government support for Israeli military occupation and apartheid".{{Cite news |last=McGreal |first=Chris |author-link=Chris McGreal |date=10 October 2023 |title=US opinion divided amid battle for narrative over Hamas attack on Israel |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/10/hamas-attack-israel-us-opinion-divided |access-date=22 November 2023}} On October 8, Rashida Tlaib released a statement that likewise grieved "the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day", called for lifting the blockade of the Gaza Strip and ending Israeli occupation and apartheid, and cited U.S. government support for Israel as part of the problem. DSA-endorsed members of Congress—Bush, Tlaib, and Ocasio-Cortez—have all called the State of Israel an apartheid regime, citing human rights abuses against Palestinians.

File:Gaza Ceasefire Now Rally NYC DSA, Oct 20, 2023.jpg, and an end to Israeli apartheid.]]

Over the months following the start of the Gaza war, various DSA chapters and DSA rank-and-file members and public officials organized and participated in numerous protests and vigils alongside Jewish and Palestinian advocacy groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow, and Students for Justice in Palestine, in support of a ceasefire and Palestinian liberation.{{Cite web |author=Indy Staff |date=2023-10-18 |title=Central Coast Antiwar Coalition Statement Calling for a Halt to US-Israeli Genocide in Gaza |url=https://www.independent.com/2023/10/18/central-coast-antiwar-coalition-statement-calling-for-a-halt-to-us-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-14 |title=Nevada delegation united behind Israel with war on horizon |url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada-delegation-united-behind-israel-with-war-on-horizon |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=The Nevada Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Newby |first1=Tori |last2=Pender |first2=Abby |date=Oct 13, 2023 |title=Tensions rise at pro-Palestine demonstration, countered by supporters of Israel |url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2023/10/university-israel-palestine-oct12-protest |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=The Daily Tar Heel |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kling |first=James |date=2023-10-15 |title='Free Palestine' protest brings nearly 200 people |url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_cfe58464-69e4-11ee-9cbf-f35197270e69.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Purdue Exponent |language=en}}

On October 8, the New York City DSA chapter promoted a pro-Palestine rally in Times Square.{{cite news |last1=Beeferman |first1=Jason |date=8 October 2023 |title=NYC pro-Palestine rally splits Democrats over Israel |publisher=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/08/nyc-palestine-rally-democrats-israel-00120533 |access-date=8 October 2023}} Several New York politicians condemned the rally for statements at the event by Party for Socialism and Liberation member Eugene Puryear mocking the victims of the Re'im music festival massacre and for an unidentified attendee displaying a swastika on a cellphone.{{cite news |last1=Garrity |first1=Kelly |date=8 October 2023 |title=New York governor condemns pro-Palestinian rally |publisher=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/08/hochul-condemns-pro-palestine-rally-00120510 |access-date=8 October 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Torres |first1=Ritchie |title=The NYC-DSA is planning to hold a rally tomorrow... |url=https://twitter.com/RitchieTorres/status/1710795520334090458 |access-date=8 October 2023 |website=X}} The DSA later distanced itself from the rally,{{cite web |last1=Hurley |first1=Bevan |date=October 8, 2023 |title=New York governor condemns pro-Palestinian rally in wake of Hamas attack on Israel |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/hamas-israel-nyc-palestinian-rally-b2426200.html |access-date=8 October 2023 |website=The Independent}} as did Ocasio-Cortez.{{cite news |last1=Reisman |first1=Nick |title=AOC knocks 'bigotry and callousness' of Times Square rally for Palestinians |publisher=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/10/aoc-pro-palestine-nyc-rally-00120684 |access-date=10 October 2023}} Representative Jamaal Bowman confirmed in light of the rally that he had let his DSA membership expire in 2022.{{cite web |date=October 11, 2023 |title='Unacceptably devoid of empathy': DSA is facing an internal reckoning on Israel |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/11/dsa-rally-aoc-israel-00121060 |access-date=11 October 2023 |publisher=Politico}} In the days after the rally, some socialist magazines such as Jacobin published editorials disputing negative characterizations of DSA, arguing that mainstream media outlets had falsely accused it of supporting Hamas and organizing the rally.{{cite news |last=Burgis |first=Ben |date=October 13, 2023 |title=The Media Is Smearing the Democratic Socialists of America on Palestine |work=Jacobin |location= |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/10/media-smears-dsa-nyc-palestine-rally-gaza |access-date=October 13, 2023}} Some Jewish members of DSA denounced Mayor Eric Adams for falsely accusing the DSA of "carrying swastikas and calling for the extermination of Jewish people", calling the accusation "horrific defamation".{{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=Adams declines to back up claim DSA members among those flashing swastikas at pro-Palestinian rally |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/10/17/adams-declines-to-back-up-claim-dsa-members-among-those-flashing-swastikas-at-pro-palestinian-rally/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}} Progressives outside of DSA as well as opponents of the organization similarly deemed Adams's comments inappropriate and false. In addition to denouncing Adams's comments, Abby Stein wrote disapprovingly in the New York Daily News about other New York politicians, such as Ritchie Torres and Nicole Malliotakis.

On October 13, Mamdani and another DSA New York State Assembly member, Marcela Mitaynes, were arrested for disorderly conduct at a rally in Brooklyn for a ceasefire, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), IfNotNow, and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.{{Cite tweet |number=1713559928973963275 |user=ZohranKMamdani |title=I was honored to join 1,000+ Jewish New Yorkers Friday night from @jvplive, @IfNotNowOrg & @JFREJNYC, who through their grief and mourning called on Senator Schumer to publicly support a immediate ceasefire. |access-date=2023-10-19 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Burgis |first=Ben |date=Oct 21, 2023 |title=Democratic Socialist Politicians Are Leading the Charge for a Cease-Fire in Gaza |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/10/dsa-aoc-cori-bush-tlaib-cease-fire-de-escalation-gaza |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Jacobin |language=en-US}} Mamdani told media, "We are looking at imminent genocide ... now is not the time to be silent", and said he had received death threats and Islamophobic voicemail messages in the days following the protest.

On October 20, New York City DSA led a more than 3,000-person protest in Manhattan calling for U.S. senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer to support a ceasefire resolution.{{Cite web |last1=Burke |first1=Kerry |last2=Quigley |first2=Liam |date=2023-10-21 |title=Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gather in Midtown Manhattan |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/10/20/hundreds-of-pro-palestinian-protesters-gather-in-midtown-manhattan/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US |quote="Democratic Socialists of America's New York City chapter helped organize the demonstration, calling on New York Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to demand a ceasefire in the conflict."}} At the event, 139 protesters were arrested for "acts of civil disobedience as protesters sat down and blocked traffic",{{Cite web |date=2023-10-20 |title=Arrests made as groups rally in Midtown for cease-fire, humanitarian aid for Gaza |url=https://abc7ny.com/nyc-pro-palestinian-rally-israel-hamas-war/13946215/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en |quote="Over 100 arrests were made for acts of civil disobedience as protesters sat down and blocked traffic. These arrests resulted in summonses to appear in court."}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=Police: 139 people taken into custody at New York City demonstration calling for ceasefire in Gaza – CBS New York |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/bryant-park-gaza-ceasefire-demonstration/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |quote="Police say 139 people were taken into custody and placed on buses after blocking traffic outside of Gillibrand's office on the East Side."}} including DSA member and New York State Senator Jabari Brisport.

On November 15, JVP, DSA, and IfNotNow held a candlelight vigil and protested at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington, DC to call for a ceasefire in Gaza during a fundraiser attended by members of Congress.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=JiMin |date=2023-11-16 |title=Top House Democrats evacuated from DNC headquarters as police clash with protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/politics/dnc-headquarters-violent-protest-democrats-evacuated/index.html |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=CNN |language=en}} The vigil and protest ended in U.S. Capitol Police clashing with protestors who were "illegally and violently protesting" at the building, according to police, injuring 90 protestors and 6 police officers. Congressmen Representative Brad Sherman and Senator Marco Rubio claimed the protestors were violent and "pro-Hamas."{{Cite web |title=November 15th FAQ |url=https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/dnc-protest-faq |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=IfNotNowMovement |language=en-US}}

From November 29 to December 2, DSA officially joined a coalition led by the Adalah Justice Project to carry out a five-day hunger strike outside the White House, with DSA members including New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, Michigan State Representative Abraham Aiyash, Palestinian writer Sumaya Awad, actress Cynthia Nixon, and then-interim DSA chair Ashik Siddique participating in the strike.{{Cite news |last1=Tait |first1=Robert |last2=Smith |first2=David |date=2023-11-27 |title=Activists calling for Gaza ceasefire begin hunger strike outside White House |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/27/white-house-hunger-strike-gaza-cynthia-nixon |access-date=2024-01-04 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Cheung |first=Kylie |date=2023-11-28 |title=Cynthia Nixon Uses Her 'Megaphone' to Demand a Cease-fire |url=https://www.thecut.com/2023/11/cynthia-nixon-gaza-ceasefire-hunger-strike.html |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Cut |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240104053537/https://www.thecut.com/2023/11/cynthia-nixon-gaza-ceasefire-hunger-strike.html |archive-date= 2024-01-04}}{{Cite web |last=Thier |first=Daphna |date=2023-12-22 |title=Democratic Socialists of America Is Helping Rebuild the U.S. Anti-War Movement |url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/democratic-socialists-america-gaza-palestine-israel-ceasefire |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=In These Times |language=en}} Five members of Congress joined the strikers to speak in support on November 29, including Bush and Tlaib.{{Cite web |title=Reps. Bush, Tlaib, Jackson, Bowman Join Hunger Strikers Outside White House to Demand a Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza |url=https://bush.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-bush-tlaib-jackson-bowman-join-hunger-strikers-outside-white-house-to-demand-a-permanent-ceasefire-in-gaza |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=bush.house.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Harb |first=Ali |title=US rights advocates launch hunger strike for Israel-Hamas ceasefire |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/27/us-rights-advocates-launch-hunger-strike-for-israel-hamas-ceasefire |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}

Throughout 2024, DSA led or endorsed several state-level Uncommitted campaigns, and YDSA chapters led or supported encampment organizing on university campuses. On July 11, 2024, DSA pulled its endorsement of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she hosted an online panel discussion about antisemitism with Jewish leaders. During the discussion, Ocasio-Cortez said that some criticism of Israel was antisemitic. The DSA called the panel "a deep betrayal to all those who've risked their welfare to fight Israeli apartheid and genocide through political and direct action in recent months and in decades past".{{Cite news |last=Fandos |first=Nicholas |date=2024-07-11 |title=Ocasio-Cortez Loses the Democratic Socialists' Endorsement Over Israel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/us/politics/aoc-dsa-endorsement.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Kornbluh |first=Jacob |date=2024-07-11 |title=Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loses Democratic Socialists endorsement after she speaks out against antisemitism |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/631824/aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democratic-socialists-america-israel-dsa-endorsement/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=The Forward |language=en}}

{{See also|Russian invasion of Ukraine}}

On February 26, 2022, the DSA issued a statement condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine while arguing that the U.S. and NATO provoked Russia. The statement called for "diplomacy and de-escalation to resolve this crisis" and for the U.S. to withdraw from NATO and "end the imperialist expansionism that set the stage for this conflict". Many Democratic members of Congress, including politicians affiliated with the DSA, criticized this statement, with some calling it "tone-deaf". Others defended the statement and criticized the responses from mainstream media and politicians attacking the organization.{{Cite news |last=Chávez |first=Aída |date=March 9, 2022 |title=How an Anti-War Statement Made DSA a Target |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/dsa-ukraine/ |access-date=August 13, 2022 |issn=0027-8378}}{{Cite web |last=Bruenig |first=Elizabeth |date=March 18, 2022 |title=The Left Has Good Answers on Ukraine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/dsa-ukraine-statement-anti-war/627086/ |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}} According to New York, "The suggestion that the U.S. was somehow to blame for Vladimir Putin's war of aggression was seized on by the DSA's critics across the ideological spectrum—from the New York Post to Democratic congressional candidate Max Rose—while setting off a round of recriminations and counterstatements among American leftists."

{{See also|List of Democratic Socialists of America public officeholders}}

Historically, the DSA was associated with Michael Harrington's position that "the left wing of realism is found today in the Democratic Party". In its early years, the DSA opposed Republican presidential candidates by giving critical support to Democratic nominees like Walter Mondale in 1984. In 1988, the DSA enthusiastically supported Jesse Jackson's second presidential campaign. Since 1995, the DSA's position on American electoral politics has been that "democratic socialists reject an either-or approach to electoral coalition building, focused solely on a new party or on realignment within the Democratic Party". During the 1990s, the DSA gave the Clinton administration an overall rating of C−, "less than satisfactory".

Since the early 2000s, the DSA has been critical of the Democratic Party leadership, which it argues is corporate-funded. The organization has stated:

{{blockquote|Much of progressive, independent political action will continue to occur in Democratic Party primaries in support of candidates who represent a broad progressive coalition. In such instances, democratic socialists will support coalitional campaigns based on labor, women, people of color and other potentially anti-corporate elements.

Electoral tactics are only a means for democratic socialists; the building of a powerful anti-corporate coalition is the end.}}

In recent years, the DSA's stated long-term goal has become to form an independent workers' party, while in the meantime it adopts a "proto-party" strategy called the "dirty break". DSA's elected leadership has often seen running in Democratic Party primary elections, rather than immediately forming a third party, as necessary for socialist visibility and electoral victories while the organization builds the resources for a viable workers' party. DSA has also developed a stricter endorsement policy since 2016, endorsing only democratic socialists.{{Cite web |last=Duhalde |first=David |date=Spring 2022 |title=The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same |url=https://socialistforum.dsausa.org/issues/spring-2022/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/ |website=Socialist Forum}}

In 1984, the DSA endorsed Walter Mondale in the 1984 United States presidential election.{{Cite web |last1=Roddy |first1=David |last2=De La Rosa |first2=Alyssa |title=A People of Color's History of DSA, Part 3: DSA and The First Rainbow Coalition |url=https://sacdsa.org/blog/2019/12/04/a-people-of-color-s-history-of-dsa-part-3-dsa-and-the-first-rainbow-coalition/ |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=Sacramento DSA |language=en |archive-date=June 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627035847/https://sacdsa.org/blog/2019/12/04/a-people-of-color-s-history-of-dsa-part-3-dsa-and-the-first-rainbow-coalition/ |url-status=dead }} In 1987, the DSA endorsed Jesse Jackson in the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries, to Jackson's disapproval.{{Cite news |last=Oreskes |first=Michael |date=1987-12-04 |title=JACKSON TO SHUN SOCIALIST BACKING |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/04/us/jackson-to-shun-socialist-backing.html |access-date=2023-06-27 |issn=0362-4331}}

In 2000, the DSA took no official position on the presidential election, with several prominent DSA members backing Green Party nominee Ralph Nader while others supported Socialist Party USA nominee David McReynolds and others voting for Democratic nominee Al Gore.

In 2004, the organization backed John Kerry after he won the Democratic nomination. In its official magazine, the DSA's political action committee said that Kerry's defeat would be taken as a defeat of the mainstream left, but that "a Kerry victory will let us press onward, with progressives aggressively pressuring an administration that owed its victory to democratic mobilization from below." The only resolution on upcoming elections at the DSA's 2005 convention focused on Bernie Sanders's independent campaign for the U.S. Senate in Vermont. The organization's 2007 convention in Atlanta featured record-breaking attendance and more participation by the organization's youth wing. Sanders gave the keynote address.

In 2008, the DSA supported Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in his race against Republican nominee John McCain. In an article in the March 24 edition of The Nation, DSA members Barbara Ehrenreich and Bill Fletcher Jr., along with Tom Hayden and Danny Glover, announced the formation of Progressives for Obama, arguing that Obama was the most progressive viable Democratic presidential candidate since Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Following Obama's election, many on the political right began to allege that his administration's policies were "socialistic", a claim the DSA and the Obama administration both rejected. The claim led DSA National Director Frank Llewellyn to declare that "over the past 12 months, the Democratic Socialists of America has received more media attention than it has over the past 12 years".

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In the 2016 presidential election, the DSA endorsed Sanders for president. Sanders's candidacy prompted a surge in DSA membership among young voters, bringing a major shift in the organization's federal endorsements toward a stricter line. After Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primaries, the DSA called for Republican nominee Donald Trump's defeat, but did not officially endorse Clinton.

In 2020, the DSA endorsed Sanders for president again after an advisory poll reported 76% of the participating membership approved his endorsement,{{Cite web |title=Bernie 2020: DSA Endorsement Debate Process |url=https://www.dsausa.org/bernie-2020-dsa-endorsement-debate-process/ |access-date=June 6, 2020 |website=Democratic Socialists of America |language=en-US}} despite objections from part of the membership about Sanders's statements on, among other topics, slavery reparations.{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Emily |date=March 21, 2019 |title=Bernie Sanders's reparations comments cause rift over DSA endorsement |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/21/18276037/bernie-sanders-dsa-endorsement-reparations |access-date=June 6, 2020 |website=Vox |language=en}} No other candidates were included in the poll. After Sanders dropped out in April 2020, the DSA explicitly did not endorse the presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden.{{Cite web |date=May 12, 2020 |title=Beyond Bernie: a Statement from the DSA National Political Committee |url=https://www.dsausa.org/statements/beyond-bernie-a-statement-from-the-dsa-national-political-committee/ |access-date=June 6, 2020 |website=Democratic Socialists of America |language=en-US}} Two DSA chapters (Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City) voted to endorse Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins.{{Cite web |last=Hawkins |first=Howie |date=September 1, 2020 |title=We are honored to have our first DSA local endorsements from chapters in Colorado Springs, CO and Salt Lake City, UT! Welcome to our #LeftUnity campaign! #MillionVotesForSocialism |url=https://twitter.com/howiehawkins/status/1300765631202156544 |access-date=September 6, 2020 |website=Twitter |language=en}} In May 2020, 91 "founders, officers and activists" of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the 1960s criticized the DSA's failure to endorse Biden in an open letter "to the New New Left From the Old New Left" published in The Nation.{{cite news |title=An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left |publisher=Public Seminar |url=https://publicseminar.org/essays/an-open-letter-to-the-new-new-left-from-the-old-new-left/}} Daniel Finn of Jacobin responded that in invoking the specter of fascism under a second-term Trump, the former SDSers were engaging in "melodramatic hyperbole", and that climate change was not an issue that could wait until 2024 or 2028. "No socialist", he argued, "who campaigned for Bernie Sanders should feel guilty about abandoning [the Democrats] and concentrating on building a movement that is the only real hope for the planet's future".{{cite news |last=Finn |first=Daniel |title=An Open Letter from SDS Veterans Haranguing Young Socialists to Back Biden Was a Bad Idea |publisher=Jacobin |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/04/sds-new-left-joe-biden-letter}}

In 2023, DSA member and former DSA honorary chair Cornel West announced his campaign in the 2024 United States presidential election, initially with the People's Party, then with the Green Party, and then in October 2023 as an independent candidate.{{Cite web |last=Peoples |first=Steve |date=October 5, 2023 |title=Progressive activist Cornel West leaves the Green Party and will run for president as an independent |url=https://apnews.com/article/cornel-west-president-independent-green-party-2024-57dd7dbc0bccc10ea866005663398823 |access-date=October 11, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en-US}}

In 2024, DSA endorsed a multitude of state-level Uncommitted campaigns in the Democratic primaries to protest the Biden administration's stance on the Gaza war. DSA made no endorsement in the 2024 general presidential race. DSA members expressed split views on West's campaign despite widespread admiration for him, with some citing controversies within the People's Party or the potential for a spoiler effect, and others arguing the campaign could be an opportunity to make socialist ideas more visible.{{Cite web |last=Botz |first=Dan La |date=2023-06-13 |title=Cornel West for President? What Does the Left Think? Part 1 |url=https://newpol.org/cornel-west-for-president-what-does-the-left-think/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=New Politics |language=en-US}} Others advocated voting for other third-party candidates, such as Claudia De la Cruz of the Party for Socialism and Liberation or Jill Stein of the Green Party. Some supported voting for Vice President Kamala Harris, particularly in swing states, and traveled to swing states to knock doors for her, as they saw defeating Trump as necessary.{{Cite web |title=Our Mission Statement |url=https://socialismbeatsfascism.org/about/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Socialism Beats Fascism |language=en-US}}

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{{anchor|2018 Democratic Socialists of America candidates election}}On June 26, 2018, DSA member and then-endorsee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary against incumbent Representative Joseph Crowley in New York's 14th congressional district in an upset, virtually guaranteeing her the congressional seat in the heavily Democratic district, which spans parts of the Bronx and Queens. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dismissed the win as "not to be viewed as something that stands for anything else" and said it represented change only in one progressive district. In contrast, Democratic National Committee head Tom Perez called Ocasio-Cortez "the future of our party". The Trotskyist International Committee of the Fourth International critiqued her and the DSA as a "left" cover for the "right-wing Democratic Party", particularly in regard to foreign policy. Six weeks after Ocasio-Cortez's primary victory, DSA member and endorsee Rashida Tlaib won the Democratic primary in Michigan's 13th congressional district. Both Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib won their general elections to become members of Congress.

Ocasio-Cortez's victory and the subsequent publicity for the DSA led more than 1,000 new members to join the organization the next day, approximately 35 times the daily average.

In the 2020 elections, at least 36 DSA members won office, earning more than 3.1 million votes.{{cite web |author1=Democratic Left Editorial Team |date=Winter 2020 |title=Chapter and Verse: DSA specialty: Toppling incumbents |work=Democratic Left |url=https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/winter-2020/dsa-specialty-toppling-incumbents/ |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en |quote=At least 48 DSA members were on the ballot this November, and at least 36 won office, earning more than 3.1 million votes for socialist candidates altogether.}} Four DSA members were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, including incumbents Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib and newly elected members Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.{{cite web |last1=Isser |first1=Mindy |date=November 5, 2020 |title=What Democrats Should Learn From the Spate of Socialist Wins on Election Day |url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/dsa-election-2020-democrats-socialism |access-date=January 4, 2021 |website=inthesetimes.com |publisher=In These Times}} DSA members were unsuccessful in being elected to the House in West Virginia (WV-2), Mississippi (MS-1) and California (CA-12).{{Cite web |title=Meg Gorman for Congress |url=https://www.facebook.com/meg4congress/ |access-date=October 13, 2020 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en |quote=I'm beyond proud to receive the endorsement of Chattanooga Democratic Socialists of America.}}{{Cite web |date=November 2, 2019 |title=DSA SF Endorses Shahid Buttar for CA-12 Congressional Seat |url=https://dsasf.org/dsa-sf-endorses-shahid-buttar-for-ca-12-congressional-seat/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630072905/https://dsasf.org/dsa-sf-endorses-shahid-buttar-for-ca-12-congressional-seat/ |archive-date=June 30, 2020 |access-date=June 28, 2020 |website=San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Uetricht |first=Micah |title=It's About Giving People Real Economic Freedom |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/west-virginia-cathy-kunkel-coal-economy-development-climate |access-date=June 28, 2020 |website=jacobinmag.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Corder |first=Frank |date=January 16, 2020 |title=Is north MS ready for a congressional candidate in the mold of Bernie/AOC? |url=https://yallpolitics.com/2020/01/16/is-north-ms-ready-for-a-congressional-candidate-in-the-mold-of-bernie-aoc/ |access-date=June 28, 2020 |website=Mississippi Politics and News – Y'all Politics |language=en-US}}

In Tennessee, Marquita Bradshaw won the Democratic nomination for the 2020 Senate election in an upset.{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Marquita Bradshaw scores upset win in Tennessee Democratic Senate primary |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/marquita-bradshaw-scores-upset-win-tennessee-democratic-senate-primary-n1236096 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=NBC News |language=en}} Initially not nationally endorsed, she was endorsed by the Memphis-Midsouth chapter of DSA and after her primary victory was also endorsed by Tennessee's other DSA chapters, in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Middle and Northeast Tennessee.{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2020 |title=The TN Chapters of the DSA are proud to announce our unanimous endorsement of Marquita Bradshaw for U.S. Senate. We stand in solidarity with this historic campaign. Together, our people-powered movement will transform the politics of the South and bring our shared values to D.C. |url=https://twitter.com/memphisdsa/status/1308844099513069571 |access-date=September 23, 2020 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2020 |title=We are proud to endorse @Bradshaw2020 for U.S. Senate! |url=https://twitter.com/memphisdsa/status/1285655757791408132 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=Twitter |language=en}} She lost the general election to Bill Hagerty.

In November 2022, Greg Casar{{efn|name=casar|Greg Casar is not currently endorsed by DSA, but remains a member.{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=Fernando |title=Austin DSA no longer supporting Greg Casar's campaign |url=https://texassignal.com/austin-dsa-no-longer-supporting-greg-casars-campaign/ |website=Texas Signal |date=February 8, 2022 |access-date=1 June 2023 |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605100648/https://texassignal.com/austin-dsa-no-longer-supporting-greg-casars-campaign/ |url-status=dead }}}} was the fifth DSA member jointly elected to the House, though he was not endorsed due to his stances on Palestine.{{Cite tweet|number=1311448118043594753|user=GregCasar|title=I'm a proud @austin_DSA member. Together, we're going to win this race and make our city work for working people.}} The next year, Bowman announced that he had stopped paying his membership dues,{{Cite web |last=Fandos |first=Nicholas |date=2023-10-10 |title=After Attack on Israel, Politicians Are Asked, 'Which Side Are You On?' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/nyregion/palestinian-rally-times-square-israel.html |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=The New York Times |language=en}} and Shri Thanedar, who had quietly joined the organization, was expelled for supporting the governments of Israel and India.{{Cite web |last=Bohannon |first=Molly |title=Congressman Leaves Democratic Socialists Of America For Promoting Pro-Palestinian Rally After Hamas Attack |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/10/11/congressman-leaves-democratic-socialists-of-america-for-promoting-pro-palestinian-rally-after-hamas-attack/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Forbes |language=en |quote="A spokesperson for the Detroit chapter of DSA told Forbes in a statement that Thanedar's "views are not—and have never been—representative of Detroit DSA." Thanedar was expelled from the chapter last month "due to his support of the far right, violent, Islamophobic Modi regime in India," the spokesperson said."}}{{Cite web |last=Neavling |first=Steve |title=Thanedar was a harsh critic of Israel before becoming an outspoken defender |url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news/thanedar-was-a-harsh-critic-of-israel-before-becoming-an-outspoken-defender-34367997 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Detroit Metro Times |language=en |quote="The Detroit chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America fired back at Thanedar, saying he can't renounce his membership because he was removed from the local group on Sept. 17."}} But in May 2024, Bowman rejoined the organization and was endorsed by its New York City chapter.{{Cite web |title=Bowman Questionnaire v1.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UjAzrOtLTvkFntpCJ6gmXwY1G0lgz7fu/view?usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Google Docs}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-01 |title=Endorsed Candidates – NYC Democratic Socialists of America |url=https://socialists.nyc/candidates/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=socialists.nyc |language=en-US}} This came as he faced a strong primary challenge from George Latimer, who was endorsed by many pro-Israel lobby groups.{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2024 |title=Rep. Jamaal Bowman trails rival George Latimer by 17 points |url=https://nypost.com/2024/04/03/us-news/rep-jamaal-bowman-trails-rival-george-latimer-by-17-points/ |access-date=April 4, 2024 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Madison |date=April 3, 2024 |title=Pro-Israel group looks to oust 2 members of 'the Squad' |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/03/dmfi-endorsements-latimer-bell-00150357 |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=Politico}} In June 2024, Bowman lost the primary to Latimer.{{cite news |title=Jamaal Bowman becomes first member of the 'Squad' to lose 2024 primary as Democrats divide over Israel |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/25/jamaal-bowman-primary-loss-sqaud/74206062007/ |work=USA Today |date=June 25, 2024 |last=Waddick |first=Karissa |access-date=July 11, 2024}} In July 2024, the DSA's National Political Committee (NPC)'s endorsement of Ocasio-Cortez was revoked due to her stances on Palestine, though the New York City DSA chapter rejected the NPC's conditions for her endorsement; Ocasio-Cortez is endorsed locally by the NYC-DSA chapter, but does not have the national endorsement.{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Status of DSA National Endorsement for Rep. Ocasio-Cortez |url=https://www.dsausa.org/statements/status-of-dsa-national-endorsement-for-rep-ocasio-cortez/ |website=Democratic Socialists of America}} In August 2024, Cori Bush lost the Democratic primary election for her seat to Wesley Bell.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/06/cori-bush-loses-primary/74677311007/|title=Cori Bush becomes second 'Squad' member to lose 2024 primary as Democrats split over Israel|first=Karissa|last=Waddick|publisher=USA Today|date=August 6, 2024|accessdate=August 6, 2024}}

In the United States elections of 2017, DSA endorsed 15 candidates for office, with the highest position gained being that of Lee J. Carter in the Virginia House of Delegates. DSA members won 15 electoral offices in 13 states, bringing the total to 35 (having changed its electoral strategy at its national convention, the DSA had anticipated picking up approximately five seats) 56% of the DSA members who ran in this election cycle won, compared to 20% in 2016. These results encouraged dozens more DSA members to run for office in the 2018 elections.

In the 2018 midterm elections, DSA anticipated reaching 100 elected officials nationwide from its strategic down-ballot campaigns, with most of those in state and local races. 39 formally endorsed people ran for office at the state and local levels in 20 states, including Florida, Hawaii, Kansas and Michigan; Maine's Zak Ringelstein, a Democrat, was its sole senatorial candidate. Local chapters endorsed around 110 candidates in total. Four female DSA members (Sara Innamorato, Summer Lee, Elizabeth Fiedler and Kristin Seale) won Democratic primary contests for seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, with Innamorato and Lee defeating incumbents. Additionally, Jade Bahr and Amelia Marquez won their primaries in Montana for the State House and Jeremy Mele won his primary for the Maine House of Representatives. In California, Jovanka Beckles won one of the top two spots in the primary and advanced to the general election for a State Assembly seat in the East Bay. Ultimately, about a dozen members (or non-members who were endorsed) won office in state legislatures. In the aggregate, the DSA had backed 40 winning candidates at the state, county and municipal levels. DSA members elected to state legislatures in 2018 include Hawaii Representative Amy Perruso, New York Senator Julia Salazar, and Pennsylvania Representatives Fiedler, Innamorato, and Lee.{{cite news |last=Resnick |first=Gideon |date=June 28, 2018 |title=Democratic Socialists of America Membership Surges After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Stunning Victory |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/democratic-socialists-of-america-membership-surges-after-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-stunning-victory/ |access-date=June 28, 2018}}

The 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections saw six DSA members elected to the 50-seat Chicago City Council: incumbent Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and newcomers Daniel La Spata, Jeanette Taylor, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, and Andre Vasquez. The six newly elected DSA members informally organized the Chicago City Council Socialist Caucus in 2019, later formalizing it in 2021 as the Democratic Socialist Caucus.{{Cite web |last=Blumberg |first=Nick |date=2019-07-03 |title=City Council Caucus Chairs on Chicago's Future |url=https://news.wttw.com/2019/07/03/city-council-caucus-chairs-chicago-future |access-date=2019-07-25 |website=WTTW News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Will |date=2019-04-03 |title=A Socialist Wave in Chicago |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2019/04/democratic-socialists-america-chicago-rossana-rodriguez-carlos-rosa-chicago-teachers-union |access-date=2019-07-25 |website=jacobinmag.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sato |first=Mia |date=2019-07-02 |title=What The Gov: What Does It Mean To Have Six Democratic Socialists on the Chicago City Council? |url=https://www.bettergov.org/news/what-the-gov-what-does-it-mean-to-have-six-democratic-socialists-on-the-chicago-city-council/ |access-date=2019-07-25 |website=Better Government Association |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kapos |first=Shia |date=2021-05-03 |title=Bustos' Exit and the Remap — Duckworth's Ducks in a Row — School Board Head-Turner |url=https://politi.co/3nHSvOy |access-date=2021-05-03 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Democratic Socialists ratify 5-member City Council caucus to make policy work 'that much more effective' |url=https://www.thedailyline.com/democratic-socialists-ratify-5member-city-council-caucus-to-make-policy-work-that-much-more-effective |access-date=2021-05-05 |website=The Daily Line}} In the 2019 off-year elections, DSA members made further gains by capturing over a half dozen city council seats across the country; Dean Preston became the first democratic socialist elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 40 years, while Lee Carter was reelected to the Virginia House of Delegates.

In 2020, the DSA made significant gains in state legislatures. Over 30 DSA members and endorsed (either nationally or by local chapters) candidates were elected in 16 states, including five in Pennsylvania and seven in New York.{{Efn|In California in State Assembly district 25 Alex Lee.

In Connecticut in State House district 6 Edwin Vargas.

In Montana in State House district 95 Danny Tenenbaum.

In Kentucky for State House district 20 Patti Minter (incumbent).

In New Hampshire for State House Hillsborough 33rd district Mark King and in Hillsborough 17th district Timothy Smith (both incumbents).

In Rhode Island for State Senate district 5 Sam Bell (incumbent) and David Morales in State House district 7.

In Maine in State House district 39 Michael Sylvester (incumbent) and in district 37 Grayson Lookner.

In Hawaii for State House district 46 Amy Perruso (incumbent).

In Massachusetts for the State House 26th Middlesex district Erika Uyterhoeven and for the 27th Middlesex district Mike Connolly (incumbent).

In New York for the 8th State House Jessica González-Rojas (34th district), Zohran Kwame Mamdani (36th), Emily Gallagher (50th), Marcela Mitaynes (51st), Phara Souffrant (57th) and for State Senate Julia Salazar (18th) and Jabari Brisport (25th).

In Michigan in State House district 4 Abraham Aiyash.

In Minnesota in the 62nd State Senate district Omar Fateh and in the 7th district Jen McEwen.

In Tennessee in the 90th State House district Torrey Harris.

In Vermont for State House Chittenden 6–4 district Brian Cina (incumbent).

In Washington in State House district 29 Melanie Morgan (incumbent).

In Pennsylvania in State House district 21 Sara Innamorato, Summer Lee (34th), Elizabeth Fiedler (184th) (all incumbents), and Rick Krajewski (188th). Nikil Saval was elected to the State Senate in district 1. |name= |group=lower-alpha

}} Notable victories were in West Philadelphia, where Rick Krajewski beat a 35-year incumbent, and in New York City, where a slate of five candidates was (re)elected to the state house and the state senate.{{Cite web |title=New York's Successful Socialist Slate Shows the Left Should Think Big |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/nyc-dsa-slate-democratic-socialists-america |access-date=November 13, 2020 |website=jacobinmag.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Thenappan |first=Bala |title=Progressive Penn grad defeats incumbent to represent West Philadelphia in Pa. statehouse |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/06/rick-krajewski-wins-election-penn-graduate-west-philadelphia |access-date=November 13, 2020 |website=www.thedp.com |language=en-us}} All DSA incumbents were reelected, with the sole exception of Jade Bahr, who lost her race for the Montana House of Representatives.{{Cite web |last=Sukut |first=Juliana |date=November 4, 2020 |title=Billings-area legislative races mostly favor incumbents, two seats may flip |url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/billings-area-legislative-races-mostly-favor-incumbents-two-seats-may-flip/article_32a437f0-cf11-59b6-acec-5fde29dfc9ef.html |access-date=November 13, 2020 |website=The Billings Gazette |language=en}}

Dozens of DSA members and affiliated candidates have won races for local offices since 2020. Most notably, Nithya Raman, endorsed by the national DSA, won her race for Los Angeles city council in district 4, and Janeese Lewis George won her race for Washington, D.C. city council ward 4, after winning her primary against incumbent Brandon Todd.{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2020 |title=Janeese Lewis George Wins D.C. Ward 4 Democratic Primary |url=https://mdcdsa.org/statements/2020-janeese-primary/ |access-date=June 28, 2020 |website=Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Zauzmer |first=Julie |date=June 19, 2020 |title=Janeese Lewis George, the democratic socialist who beat one of the D.C. mayor's allies, says she'll be a pragmatic council member |language=en |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/06/19/janeese-lewis-george-democratic-socialist-who-beat-one-dc-mayors-allies-says-shell-be-pragmatic-council-member/ |access-date=June 21, 2020}} Dean Preston was reelected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2020 |title=S.F. Board of Supervisors races: All results are called |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/S-F-Board-of-Supervisors-races-Here-s-where-15699908.php |access-date=November 13, 2020 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US |last1=Thadani |first1=By Trisha}} José Garza was elected as district attorney for Travis County in Texas and Gabriella Cázares-Kelly was elected county recorder in Pima County, Arizona{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Emma |title=Cázares-Kelly declares win in Pima County recorder's race as first Indigenous woman in position |url=https://news.azpm.org/p/yourvote/2020/11/3/183384-cazares-kelly-declares-win-in-pima-county-recorders-race-as-first-indigenous-woman-in-position/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218143149/https://news.azpm.org/p/yourvote/2020/11/3/183384-cazares-kelly-declares-win-in-pima-county-recorders-race-as-first-indigenous-woman-in-position/ |archive-date=December 18, 2020 |access-date=November 13, 2020 |website=news.azpm.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=November 2, 2020 |title=José Garza Redefines 'Progressive Prosecutor' |url=https://www.texasobserver.org/jose-garza-redefines-progressive-prosecutor/ |access-date=November 13, 2020 |website=The Texas Observer |language=en-US}} Other DSA-affiliated candidates were elected to city councils in Austin, Aurora, Oakland, Burbank, Berkeley, Mountain View, South San Francisco, Redwood City, Sacramento, Burlington, Madison, Stoughton, St. Petersburg, and Portland, Maine.{{Cite news |date=March 31, 2020 |title=Spring 2020 Voter Guide |language=en |newspaper=Madison Area Dsa – Democratic Socialists of America |url=https://madison.dsausa.org/2020/03/30/spring-2020-voter-guide/ |url-status=dead |access-date=June 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612085341/https://madison.dsausa.org/2020/03/30/spring-2020-voter-guide/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020}}{{Cite web |last1=Quigley |first1=Aidan |last2=Asch |first2=Sarah |date=March 3, 2020 |title=Progressives take control of Burlington City Council |url=https://vtdigger.org/2020/03/03/progressive-jane-stromberg-unseats-democrat-adam-roof-%ef%bb%bfin-burlington-council-race/ |access-date=May 20, 2020 |website=VTDigger |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Champlain Valley Democratic Socialists of America Endorse in Burlington City Council Elections |url=https://champlainvalleydsa.org/statements/cvdsa-endorse-city-council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612085339/https://champlainvalleydsa.org/statements/cvdsa-endorse-city-council |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |website=Champlain Valley DSA – Vermont's Champs of Socialism |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Sacramento Democratic Socialists Win First Seat on City Council |url=https://www.sacdsa.org/blog/2020/03/10/sacramento-democratic-socialists-win-first-seat-on-city-council/ |access-date=May 20, 2020 |website=sacdsa.org |language=en |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612085341/https://www.sacdsa.org/blog/2020/03/10/sacramento-democratic-socialists-win-first-seat-on-city-council/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Richie Floyd wins in St. Pete City Council District 8 race |url=https://www.cltampa.com/news-views/local-news/article/21157762/richie-floyd-wins-in-st-pete-city-council-district-8-race |website=cltampa.com |language=en}}

In March 2021, an all-DSA leadership of a state Democratic party was elected for the first time in its history, sweeping the leadership of the Nevada Democratic Party.{{Cite web |last1=Lacy |first1=Akela |last2=Grim |first2=Ryan |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Entire Staff of Nevada Democratic Party Quits After Democratic Socialist Slate Won Every Seat |url=https://theintercept.com/2021/03/08/nevada-democratic-party-dsa/ |access-date=March 9, 2021 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Gillan |first=Jeff |date=March 11, 2021 |title=Progressives now helm Nevada Democratic Party |url=https://news3lv.com/news/local/progressives-now-helm-nv-democratic-party |access-date=March 13, 2021 |website=News3lv}} After the elections, the entire Nevada Democratic Party staff resigned.{{cite news |last1=Lacy |first1=Akela |last2=Grim |first2=Ryan |date=March 8, 2021 |title=Entire Staff of Nevada Democratic Party Quits After Democratic Socialist Slate Won Every Seat |publisher=The Intercept |url=https://theintercept.com/2021/03/08/nevada-democratic-party-dsa/ |access-date=March 8, 2021}} On March 4, 2023, a "unity" slate of candidates was elected, ending DSA leadership of the party.{{cite web |last=Solis |first=Jacob |date=March 4, 2023 |title=Monroe-Moreno elected NV Dems chair, ousts democratic socialist incumbent |url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/monroe-moreno-elected-nv-dems-chair-ousts-democratic-socialist-incumbent |website=The Nevada Independent}} In February 2023, the DSA's Las Vegas chapter said that communication between the slate and the chapter had faltered and the slate had become increasingly moderate over its term despite initial statements in favor of democratic socialist causes. From this experience, the chapter wrote in opposition to both entryism in the Democratic Party and solely focusing on electoral organizing as formidable strategies for socialist organizers:{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-02-13 |title=LVDSA Statement on Nevada State Democratic Party Election |url=https://lvdsa.org/2023/02/13/dempartyelection/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Las Vegas DSA |language=en-US}}

{{Blockquote|text=This is our lesson, and we hope socialists everywhere will pay close attention: the Democratic Party is a dead end. It is a "party" in name only; truly, it is simply a tangled web of dark money and mega-donors, cynical consultants, and lapdog politicians. ... We don't want milquetoast progressive reformist-reforms; we want socialism. We won't get it by playing the DNC's games, and we won't get it by being a mildly obnoxious thorn in their side, either. Our task is to out-organize them entirely, and not merely within the confines of the voting booth.|author=Las Vegas Democratic Socialists of America|title=}}

In June 2021, the Buffalo, New York chapter-endorsed candidate, India Walton, won the Democratic Party primary election for mayor, defeating incumbent Byron Brown.{{cite web |last=Férre-Sadurní |first=Luis |date=June 23, 2021 |title=India Walton stuns longtime incumbent in Buffalo mayoral primary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/nyregion/india-walton-buffalo-mayor-socialist.html |access-date=June 24, 2021 |website=The New York Times |publisher=}} Following the primary election loss, Brown qualified for the general election as a write-in candidate.{{Cite news |last=Slisco |first=Alia |date=November 3, 2021 |title=Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown Declares Victory in Write-In Campaign Against Socialist |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/buffalo-mayor-byron-brown-declares-victory-write-campaign-against-socialist-1645284#:~:text=Incumbent%20Buffalo%20Mayor%20Byron%20Brown%2C%20an%20upstate%20New,having%20defeated%20Brown%20during%20the%20primary%20in%20June.}} In November 2021, Walton lost the mayoral race to Brown, who earned 38,338 write-in votes to Walton's 25,773 votes.{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Paul |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Byron Brown wins unprecedented fifth term as Mayor of Buffalo |work=WKBW-TV |url=https://www.wkbw.com/news/politics/race-for-buffalo-mayor/byron-brown-wins-unprecedented-fifth-term-as-mayor-of-buffalo}}

In the 2023 Chicago aldermanic elections, all five incumbent DSA members were reelected, as was Andre Vasquez, whom the organization endorsed in 2019 but censured in 2020 for supporting a neoliberal budget.{{Cite web|last=Laurence|first=Justin|date=November 25, 2020|title=Democratic Socialists Move To Kick Out Alderman Who Voted For Lightfoot's Budget — But 'In Order To Win, You Have To Negotiate,' He Says|url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/11/25/democratic-socialists-move-to-kick-out-alderman-who-voted-for-lightfoots-budget-but-in-order-to-win-you-have-to-negotiate-he-says/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125210322/https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/11/25/democratic-socialists-move-to-kick-out-alderman-who-voted-for-lightfoots-budget-but-in-order-to-win-you-have-to-negotiate-he-says/ |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Block Club Chicago|language=en-US}} After James Cappleman retired, DSA member Angela Clay was elected in the 46th Ward, bringing the total membership of the Democratic Socialist Caucus back up to six.{{Cite web |last=Chicago Board of Elections |title=Tabulated Statement of the Returns and Proclamation of the Results of the Canvass of the Election Returns for the February 28, 2023 Municipal General and Alderperson Elections Held in Each of the Precincts in All the Wards in the City of Chicago |url=https://chicagoelections.gov/dm/SummaryReport.pdf?v=1678914858844 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315211713/https://chicagoelections.gov/dm/SummaryReport.pdf?v=1678914858844 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |date=March 15, 2023 |access-date=14 April 2025 }}{{Cite web |last=Chicago Board of Elections |title=TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE MUNICIPAL RUNOFF ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND FOR THE SUPPLEMENTARY ALDERPERSON ELECTIONS HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN WARDS 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 21, 24, 29, 30, 36, 43, 45, 46, AND 48 IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON APRIL 4, 2023. |url=https://app.chicagoelections.com/documents/proclamations/Proc-2023-04-04.pdf |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=Chicago Board of Elections}}

At the 2023 DSA National Convention, delegates declared school board elections to be an electoral priority. Jacobin and the New York Post both noted the success of DSA candidates in school board elections in at least 15 states since 2021 from left- and right-wing perspectives, respectively, including that such candidates ran on supporting transgender rights, fighting systemic racism, and supporting teachers' unions and funding for public education.{{Cite web |last=King |first=Ryan |date=2023-12-19 |title=How DSA educators spread far-left 'poison' in America's schools |url=https://nypost.com/2023/12/19/news/how-dsa-educators-spread-far-left-poison-in-americas-schools/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}

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{{cite web |last1=Stein |first1=Jeff |title=9 questions about the Democratic Socialists of America you were too embarrassed to ask |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/5/15930786/dsa-socialists-convention-national |website=Vox |access-date=July 12, 2019 |date=August 5, 2017 |quote=DSA believes in the abolition of capitalism in favor of an economy run either by "the workers" or the state |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226180059/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/5/15930786/dsa-socialists-convention-national |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |title=Rise of the democratic socialists |url=https://theweek.com/articles/786937/rise-democratic-socialists |website=The Week |access-date=July 12, 2019 |date=July 30, 2018 |quote=DSA's national platform calls for abolishing capitalism |archive-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428100950/https://theweek.com/articles/786937/rise-democratic-socialists |url-status=live}}

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{{cite web |last1=Hernandez |first1=Kristian |last2=Huang |first2=Beth |title=Growth and Development Committee 2023 Report to the DSA National Convention |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zll3BCBpr4ZwruT_ctugQUMCODRcZv7T/view |publisher=DSA Growth and Development Committee |access-date=28 August 2023 |date=August 2023}}

{{Cite web |title=Announcing: 13 parties, unions and movements join the membership of the Progressive International |url=https://progressive.international/wire/2023-10-04-13-parties-unions-and-movements-join-the-membership-of-the-progressive-international/en |date=2023-10-04 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Progressive International |language=en}}

{{Cite web |last=Krieg |first=Gregory |date=2018-07-17 |title='We want to democratize everything': Inside DSA's rise with its leader {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/17/politics/democratic-socialists-of-america-interview-maria-svart/index.html |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}

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{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Colleen |date=Fall 2022 |title=A DSA Where There are Millions: The Recommitment Drive and the Road to Building a Mass Organization |url=https://socialistforum.dsausa.org/issues/fall-2022/a-dsa-where-there-are-millions-the-recommitment-drive-and-the-road-to-building-a-mass-organization/ |website=Socialist Forum}}

{{cite web| url=http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-ocasio-cortez-tlaib-Democratic-Socialists-state-level.html |title=Democratic Socialists Rack Up Wins in States: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib made headlines for their congressional wins. But a number of Democratic Socialists also won state-level races this election.|last=Vyse|first=Graham|date=November 9, 2018|website=Governing: The States and Localities|access-date=January 19, 2019}}

{{Cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Nick |date=2023-07-26 |title=Cornel West's candidacy divides Democratic Socialists |url=https://www.newsweek.com/cornel-wests-candidacy-divides-democratic-socialists-1815626 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

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{{cite web|url=https://jacobinmag.com/2017/11/election-day-socialists-carter-brisport-jentzen-singh-krasner-dsa|title=Yesterday Was a Good Day|last=Marcetic|first=Branko|date=November 8, 2017|website=Jacobin|access-date=February 27, 2018}}

{{Cite web|last=Stuart|first=Gwynedd|date=November 11, 2020|title=Nithya Raman Discusses Her Historic Victory and What Comes Next|url=https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/nithya-raman-interview-election/|access-date=November 13, 2020|website=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US}}

{{Cite news |last=Dawson |first=Ashley |date=2023-05-11 |title=How to Win a Green New Deal in Your State |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/dsa-new-york-build-public-renewables-act/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0027-8378}}

{{Cite magazine |last=Aronoff |first=Kate |date=2023-05-04 |title=Green New Deal Advocates Just Won Big in New York. Here's How They Did It. |magazine=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/172439/green-new-deal-advocates-just-won-big-new-york-heres-it |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0028-6583}}

{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2023 |title=DSA Chapters Win Biggest Green New Deal Victory in US History |url=https://www.dsausa.org/en/statements/dsa-chapters-win-biggest-green-new-deal-victory-in-us-history/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Democratic Socialists of America |language=en-US}}

{{Cite web|last=Godfrey|first=Elaine|date=May 14, 2020|title=Thousands of Americans Have Become Socialists Since March|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/dsa-growing-during-coronavirus/611599/|access-date=October 2, 2020|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}

{{Cite magazine |last=Henwood |first=Doug |date=2019-05-16 |title=The Socialist Network |magazine=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/153768/inside-democratic-socialists-america-struggle-political-mainstream |access-date=2023-07-17 |issn=0028-6583}}

{{cite web|url=https://gazette.com/news/communist-caucus-of-colorado-springs-organizing-thanks-partly-to-changing-attitudes/article_44b156fc-e95e-11ea-a057-c347300e373a.html|title=Communist Caucus of Colorado Springs organizing thanks partly to changing attitudes|website=The Gazette|last1=Kelley|first1=Debbie|date=September 8, 2020|access-date=July 10, 2021}}

{{Cite news |last1=Rubinstein |first1=Dana |last2=Glueck |first2=Katie |date=March 8, 2022 |title=Socialists' Response to War in Ukraine Has Put Some Democrats on Edge |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/nyregion/dsa-nato-ukraine-russia.html |access-date=March 27, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}

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{{Cite web |last=Hurley |first=Bevan |date=February 27, 2022 |title=Democratic socialist group linked to AOC claims US 'set stage' for Russian invasion |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/democratic-socialists-of-america-russia-invasion-ukraine-b2024540.html |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

{{Cite news |last=Barkan |first=Ross |date=2021-11-22 |title=Purge at DSA: Why Are Activists Trying to Expel Representative Bowman? |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/jamaal-bowman-dsa-israel/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |issn=0027-8378}}

{{Cite web |date=2021-11-20 |title=Democratic Socialists of America congressman Jamaal Bowman votes for Israel's Iron Dome, visits with right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/11/20/bowm-n20.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=World Socialist Web Site |language=en}}

{{Cite web |date=2022-04-09 |title=Socialism of the Oppressed: The Stakes of the Bowman Affair |url=https://cosmonautmag.com/2022/04/socialism-of-the-oppressed-the-stakes-of-the-bowman-affair/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Cosmonaut |language=en-US}}

{{Cite web |title=Congress members urge probe into use of US weapons by Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/14/congress-members-urge-probe-into-use-of-us-weapons-by-israel |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}

{{Cite web |date=19 July 2023 |title=US House overwhelmingly passes GOP resolution backing Israel, meant to rebuke Dems |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-house-overwhelmingly-passes-gop-resolution-backing-israel-meant-to-rebuke-dems/ |website=Times of Israel}}

{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Zohreen |date=Oct 17, 2023 |title=Amid Israel-Hamas war, Muslim and Arab Americans fear rise in hate crimes |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/amid-israel-hamas-war-muslim-arab-americans-fear/story?id=104004758 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

{{Cite web |title=Two assemblymembers charged with disorderly conduct after protesting |url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/10/15/two-queens-assemblymembers-charged-with-disorderly-conduct-after-protesting |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=ny1.com |language=en}}

{{Cite web |date=2023-10-16 |title=On national TV, Eric Adams falsely accuses DSA of carrying swastikas and calling for extermination of Jews |url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2023/10/national-tv-eric-adams-falsely-accuses-dsa-carrying-swastikas-and-calling-extermination-jews/391249/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=City & State NY |language=en}}

{{Cite web |last=Burgis |first=Ben |date=October 10, 2023 |title=Left Politicians Are Showing How to Respond to the Horrors in Israel and Palestine |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/10/left-politician-rashida-tlaib-cori-bush-israel-palestine-conflict |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Jacobin |language=en-US}}

{{Cite web |last=Woodward |first=Alex |date=2023-10-21 |title=More than 100 arrested at protest calling for ceasefire, aid for Gaza |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-ceasefire-b2433830.html |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=The Independent |language=en |quote="More than 3,000 people marched in heavy rain from Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan to the office of US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, where they condemned the killings of Palestinians and Israelis and demanded she and other members of Congress support a ceasefire resolution. ... New York State Senator Jabari Brisport was among those arrested. In a video he shared on social media, the senator chants "free Palestine" as he stands in a handcuffed group behind a line of NYPD officers."}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.leftvoice.org/DSA-Votes-for-BDS-Reparations-and-Out-of-the-Socialist-International|title=DSA Votes for BDS, Reparations, and Out of the Socialist International|first=Juan|last=Cruz Ferre|date=August 5, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2017}}

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{{Cite news |last=Barkan |first=Ross |date=2024-02-07 |title=How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/magazine/israel-october-7-democrats.html |access-date=2024-02-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |quote="According to Chris Kutalik, a communications director for D.S.A., it has added at least 2,400 new dues-paying members since October for a total of about 78,000 members."}}

{{Cite web |last=Springfield |first=Bryce |date=2023-11-23 |title=An Introduction to the Internal Politics of DSA |url=https://theprincetonprogressive.com/an-introduction-to-the-internal-politics-of-dsa/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Princeton Progressive |language=en-US}}

{{Cite web |last=Dirnbach |first=Eric |date=Feb 12, 2022 |title=How Socialists and Trade Unionists Built a New Labor Organizing Model During the Pandemic |url=https://jacobin.com/2022/02/ue-dsa-ewoc-covid-19-new-organizing-labor |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Jacobin |language=en-US}}

https://twitter.com/silverman_jana/status/1741546731106410532 {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}

{{Cite web |last=Stein |first=Abby |date=2023-10-22 |title=NYC pols, don't weaponize our pain over the Mideast violence |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/10/22/nyc-pols-dont-weaponize-our-pain-over-the-mideast-violence/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}}

{{Cite web |date=Nov 15, 2023 |title=US Capitol police clash with protesters demanding Gaza ceasefire |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-capitol-police-clash-with-protesters-demanding-gaza-ceasefire-2023-11-16/ |website=Reuters}}

{{Cite news |last1=Javaid |first1=Maham |last2=Williams |first2=Clarence |date=2023-11-16 |title=Protest outside DNC headquarters in Washington turns violent |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/16/dnc-protests-hq-washington-dc-ceasefire/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |issn=0190-8286}}

{{Cite web |last=Featherstone |first=Liza |date=Dec 2, 2023 |title=Unions and Elected Officials Are Joining the Movement for Palestinian Freedom |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/12/hunger-strike-white-house-uaw-gaza-israel-palestine |website=Jacobin}}

{{Cite news |last=Silverman |first=Ellie |date=2023-12-02 |title=Outside the White House, ravaged by hunger, protesters strike for Gaza |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/01/hunger-strike-ceasefire-white-house-cynthia-nixon-israel-gaza/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |issn=0190-8286}}

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• [https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/constitution/ Constitution of the DSA]. Dsausa.org. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
• [https://y.dsausa.org/ Young Democratic Socialists official website] (youth affiliate of DSA).
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• [https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2018-07-19/getting-to-know-the-dsa July 2018 National Public Radio segment on the political impact of the DSA].
• [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-democratic-socialists-getting-started-20180702-story.html Maria Svart's editorial] in the New York Daily News following Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's primary win.
• [https://dsabuild.org/what-were-building/ What We're Building]. A methodological survey of DSA chapters.
• [http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/socialism-and-young-socialists.html Pinkos Have More Fun : Socialism is AOC's calling card, Trump's latest rhetorical bludgeon, and a new way to date in Brooklyn] New York article by Simon van Zuylen-Wood about socialism's sudden popularity, with a focus on DSA. (March 3, 2019)

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