Florida Senate primary winner Angie Nixon is a Democratic Socialist

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Nixon's platform focuses on universal health care, the wealthy paying higher taxes, and increasing the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour, according to her campaign website.
56% : " Is Angie Nixon a DSA member? Nixon is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, her campaign confirmed to USA TODAY.
55% : Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon could be the first Democratic Socialists of America member to win a seat in the Senate and Florida's first Black U.S. senator after winning an upset victory in Florida's Senate Democratic primary on Aug. 18.
51% : " Moody told her supporters at a campaign victory party in Plant City, Florida, that the Democratic Party has now put up a "self-proclaimed socialist" that she believes isn't "just a wing of a party.
51% : She added the election is about "voting for the future" and whether the United States will remain true to its founding ideals, characterizing "higher taxes, big government, government seizure of private production, government controlling everything about your life.
48% : Not all members of the more left side of the party are democratic socialists or DSA members.
38% : Nixon handily defeated Alexander Vindman, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who gave critical testimony during Trump's first impeachment in 2019, with both the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ calling the race shortly after the last polls closed in the Sunshine State at 8 p.m. ET.
37% : However, a DSA-aligned challenger and a democratic socialist both lost bids to unseat prominent establishment Democrats in Florida the same night Nixon won.
36% : Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, for example, calls himself "progressive" and has said he is not a socialist.
34% : While Vermont independent Bernie Sanders is a democratic socialist and has long been the face of the political philosophy, he is not a member of the DSA.

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