Since her shock primary win in August, Nixon has complained about Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee recalcitrance to anyone who will listen. In September, she told MS NOW hosts Symone Sanders Townsend and Eugene Daniels that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was less than thrilled about her race.
“When I did speak with Sen. Schumer on the phone, it was basically a ‘we will see,’” she said. “He’s going to look into it. That’s what was said, that he’s going to look into it.”
Nixon went on to say that Democrats were wary of throwing in behind a Black woman in the South following Kamala Harris’ 2024 loss: “Folks are a little gun-shy because, unfortunately, Vice President Harris lost as a Black woman, and so people are being very hesitant in terms of funding Black women, especially in the South.”
Vice President Harris lost as a Black woman
She lost as a milquetoast corporate politician who saw the state of things and said, “this progress is progressing too progressively. We should work with more Republicans to make sure we hobble ourselves a little.” And then the people said, “that’s the dumbest thing ever. Oh wait, now my ballot is the dumbest thing ever. I bet these child rapists will be more reasonable than the last time they fucked me over, though.”
I agree, they didn’t help her at all. They spent more money in Missouri than Florida.
Chuck Schumer was less than thrilled about her race.
Chuck Schumer is a relic. that needs to go.
Change.org petition to say we don’t want him or Jeffries as speaker: https://c.org/h4QfwyF6Kf
Support David Hogg.
He has been very active on this issue for years despite his young age:
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/03/nx-s1-5913239/politics-david-hogg-democratsHe was a School Shooting survivor, and was instrumental in taking down NRA. Although they were later restructured, they still do not have the political power they used to.
Chuck Schumer was less than thrilled about her race.
Double entendre? Regardless, the world is less than thrilled about Chuck Schumer… except for Israel. They love him.
Like the meme I saw (and felt) on Mastodon yesterday that said something like “Living in Florida right now is like being that one kid in the orphanage watching all the other kids get adopted into happy new families”.
I’d say Floridians failed hard, they aren’t capable of electing anyone decent.
Democrats gave up on Florida like 15 years ago, so of course dem voters in turn gave up.
If dems put in fucking any effort angie Nixon would have won.
And you’d be making a pretty strange claim in light of the information in the article.
Its the state that all the shittiest people from other states move to.
They literally built a concentration camp.
Why are any of you surprised.
Well it’s that and poor turnout, 60% voted, most Floridans don’t give a shit about the midterms except for the elderly who have plenty of time to kill and generally lean to the right.
60% in a midterm is probably pretty high if compared to historical trends.
Yah depending on the source looks like its been on average around 50% for midterms, 70% for the general, so yah a bit more participation than normal.
Florida will always be a microcosm of the elderly vote in the US since it’s basically purgatory on Earth - it’s where everyone I grew up with said they would retire.
Yep. I’ve heard Florida be called “God’s waiting room” for my entire life.
Lol what an apt and appropriate description. Well done.
Nixon went on to say that Democrats were wary of throwing in behind a Black woman in the South following Kamala Harris’ 2024 loss
A Black Republican was elected over a white Democrat in Florida’s gubernatorial election. They may be more interested in partisanship than racism down there.
And along the way it proves that identity politics is an old bigot’s game, and while Florida has its share of those the nice thing is that they keep dying.
Election Day brought a big blue earthquake of anti-Trump sentiment that rumbled as far inland as Kansas and shook GOP ground in the Carolinas and Texas. By the time late victories rolled in on Tuesday night, there had been so many wins that subsequent Democratic pickups had begun to feel more like aftershocks, even in states that haven’t voted blue since Bill Clinton was in the White House.
Florida narrowly missed the quake, with Republicans winning all the major statewide races by the thinnest of margins.
Its hard to be surprised that florida was under funded. The state dem party is a joke, and last time the governorship was up, they nominated a republican. Its given me so many disappointments i have no faith in that state.
She went to Putnam County and talked with those folks about healthcare.
I bet they still voted red all the way down.
You can’t turn the middle of the state blue.
The results were 50.9% to 48.0%. Less than three points.
Yes, if they had known there would be a nationwide 13+ point shift, maybe they could have allocated resources a little better.
Or not. Hard to argue they should have done things differently with this result. I mean, yeah, I feel it too. There are races that just needed a little more to get over the line, but I don’t think we should have expected those races to be in Mississippi and the Florida Senate (and we’re probably winning Mississippi).
To add onto that, the demographics in Florida have been shifting conservative for quite some time, they went from electing Obama in 2012 to having no state elected Democrats in 2023 for the first time since reconstruction, it’s actually amazing it was close.
“Republicans focused on the ultimate goal, they thought things out in 10-year cycles. They built a permanent campaign apparatus. They started recruiting candidates to run for local office and springboarding them into higher office. They registered voters and managed the margins. Florida is now mecca for MAGA, it is the one safe space and lighthouse for Republican MAGA voters across the United States.”
~Fernand Amandi, Democratic pollster and strategist from Miami
For those who think it could have received more support and effort, I say it also could have received less.
Florida used to be purple. Then dems just literally gave up on Florida and so it’s been red since. It doesn’t have to be, and this could’ve easily flipped it but dems would rather a republican than a Dem soc.
Yeah it’s still about half & half, (not the government, we are one of the most heavily gerrymandered states so the state legislature does not represent us) and we aren’t the only place the establishment Democrats run Republican-Lite.
But I agree, they ignored Angie Nixon because she was too authentically progressive for them. But nearly everyone I know, she was the person they were most excited to vote for. And she did win the primary.
Thanks for being grounded about this.
Even Bernie & AOC underfunded the Florida races over Michigan yet they don’t want to look at that
Democrats and aligned donors were shooting blindly towards the end and places like Mississippi got late funding that responded well.
Some people just want to rail against establishment Dems at all available opportunities. They want to turn people against those Dems more than they want to turn them against Republicans, intentional or otherwise.
I also have issues with the establishment Dems, but not like that. I’m pretty infuriated by Jefferies declaring that now is the time to play nice.
But this article saying Chucky Schumer crafted this possibility is interesting. The establishment Dems aren’t all bad. They’re not the worst allies. They’re just more interested in following us than leading us based on real convictions. We can use that.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/midterms-democrats-mississippi-senate/689301/
So many of the establishment Democrats are neoliberals who care more about collecting campaign money and maintaining the status quo than actually accomplishing anything.
I will further say that one of the reasons Democrats have done so poorly is because Schumer is an ABSOLUTE FUCKING WASTE OF SPACE, as a leader. He is so ineffectual and milquetoast, that I’m pretty sure his only strategy has been to try and bore the opposition to sleep.
We have to use this momentum. We need to capitalize on the victory rush.
Sorry for yelling. I know you aren’t supporting Schumer. I just had to rant.
I also wish Jeffries would choke on that AIPAC and corporate cock he is sucking.
Yeah, I mostly agree. I don’t think it’s necessarily malicious or selfish. I think they’re just used to their job and don’t realize how big it’s gotten. They don’t step back and look at how there are so few people around to fix this shit and it’s on THEM to manage it. They needed to step up, and they haven’t really.
Maybe they thought it unlikely that florida would vote blue so allocated their resources to a historical purple state. ?
I wanted her to win but it was florida.
I thought it unlikely. But hoped it would be close.
Even though she lost she did have an impact. She only barely lost.
It got people more comfortable with the idea of a Dem in seat. Maybe it will be her next time if she runs again.
The polling in Florida was not 13 points. And there was significant evidence that a cash infusion from Bernie had helped to close the gap even further.
This isn’t a “in hindsight” kind of thing. The Democratic party had plenty of opportunities and evidence to show that funding was leading to a winnable race. Even more so than places that they DID fund and ended up losing/winning as well.
I’m sorry. But you were not paying attention to Florida and Nixon if you think there wasn’t a deliberate bias against a black woman and DSA member. They abandoned her because they did not want her to win. They did not want an example of a leftist winning in the South. They want to continue to run establishment figures that are against Medicare for all; like Jon Ossof. Don’t fall for their lies.
They lose either way though. Because she nearly won and didn’t get their support. Now we’re gonna run her again in two years and by then we hopefully won’t need any of their funds.
You’re right, .ml. The DNC performed subar this election cycle. Maybe next time they’ll meet your standards.
Want to say something about the topic I’m actually discussing?
I’m sorry. But you were not paying attention to Florida and Nixon if you think there wasn’t a deliberate bias against a
black woman andDSA member. They abandoned her because they did not want her to win. They did not want an example of a leftist winning in the South.FTFY. The bias is entirely against leftists, not black women. The Democratic Party is perfectly happy to support a black woman, iff she’s a centrist/liberal.
You’re engaging in class reductionism. The main reason is of course her socialist identity. But, to ignore that she is a black woman from the south would be like ignoring the attacks on Abdul for being Muslim (from both parties).
A black socialist woman is significantly more dangerous to the Democratic party as their core voting base in the south is comprised of lifelong democratic black voters that they are trying to distance from DSA. “DSA is all privileged white people” you hear both parties regurgitate. They clearly see her as threat that will push a large part of their base further left.
It’s ok to analyze incentives through intersectionality. The Democratic party establishment is. They are just using it to keep power. Don’t ignore it because the main reason they are against her is because of her socialist policies. That doesn’t mean there isn’t multi things that are a threat from her, because of her identity, that introduce contradictions to their existing narratives.
Edit: This is not to say that black voters aren’t extremely more left than the average American on average, they are. But, a large portion of the base of the democratic party, those that vote in primaries, are more likely to vote for the parties pick than an insurgent DSA candidate. A black woman from DSA contradictions their entire narrative. Ignoring that is ignoring how they are attempting to use identity politics to attack socialism.
Honestly if the blue wave didn’t happen and dems threw money into Florida we’d have called them stupid for not focusing on the top gets.
I’m sorry man I would have done the same thing in their shoes. This is a hindsight call.
The great thing about this election is that it was a special election. She can literally run again in two years since the term ends. And she absolutely should. As more DSA politicians gain national popularity like Mamdani and Abdul (not DSA but is very much associated with them), she will have a lot more support. And there are a lot of House members that can promote DSA from DC.
The next two years are about building the power and funding of the DSA so the Democratic party is less of an issue and a dependence. And we need AoC for that funding and national popularity. The DSA needs to understand that opportunity. That we need to be within the foundation of her campaign. So when the time comes for 2028 these candidates are further less dependent on establishment and a frontrunner for the presidential primary has DSA as its foundation. And DSA isn’t chasing her and pressuring policy from the outside.
We want less money and influence coming from the Democratic Establishment and more coming from building an independent insurgency that operates within the Democratic party until we are either forced out, or are popular enough that the “default to Democrat” vote of a lot of the country is no longer a massive hurdle.
I don’t think we will be able to run as a separate party by 2028. But, we (DSA) need to start operating like we are.
