By Paul Bedard | Washington Examiner
With the Democratic Party continuing to splinter, progressives are building and expanding their base, especially in big cities and suburbs.
As worn-out old bulls fight for power in Washington, the big population zones are opening their arms to the progressives led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and party Vice Chairman David Hogg in numbers so large and supportive that a pollster tracking the movement has given it a name.
“Call it the ‘Urbanist Party,’” said Jeremy Zogby, the managing partner of John Zogby Strategies, which polled for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his 2024 populist bid.
“I think it has legs,” he added.
Upset with how Democratic leaders are fumbling their attacks on President Donald Trump, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have been on a national tour, bringing together thousands to “feel the Bern,” according to pollster John Zogby.
And Hogg has stepped into controversy to fund primary challengers to incumbents he sees as out of touch with the new, more aggressive movement.
“The Democratic Party is in a funk everywhere, national, state, and local,” John Zogby said during a podcast with his son.