Angie Nixon's victory puts the Democrats' progressive wave to the test in Florida

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "About 40% of what these socialists are proposing enjoys support in polls.
52% : Vindman also enjoyed national name recognition because of his role in Trump's impeachment proceedings.
52% : Nixon was born in Jacksonville, where she spent years working with labor unions and community organizations, including Florida for All, a voter-mobilization coalition.
51% : " While Nixon's victory is not evidence that the Democratic Party is moving toward socialism, the label is certain to feature prominently in the run-up to November.
50% : A democratic socialist won the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida, a state that has become a Republican stronghold over the past decade and where the term "socialism" has long been one of the most effective political attacks, particularly among the large Latin American communities of South Florida.
50% : "Most people do not disagree with Medicare for All, for example," he adds.
43% : Nixon has described herself as a democratic socialist and has championed policies such as Medicare for All, stronger labor protections, and measures to lower housing and childcare costs.
39% : Their argument will be that "it's not just Republicans calling Democrats socialists; they are saying they are socialists themselves," he notes.
38% : Her Senate campaign has focused on pocketbook issues, including raising the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour, freezing rents and increasing taxes on billionaires.
35% : "The central problem the party is having is that it has adopted the Republican campaign slogan, trying to insist that they are not socialists, and at the same time they have forgotten the core issues," he argues.
34% : In Wisconsin, for example, a key swing state, the more centrist candidate, David Crowley, narrowly defeated democratic socialist Francesca Hong in the gubernatorial primary.
31% : At the same time, Gamarra argues that Democrats have become too focused on rebutting accusations of socialism rather than addressing voters' concerns.

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