And Hong and El-Sayed, if they win their primaries, will be trying to win a general election after the media and their opponents have spent months casting them as “very progressive” and they themselves have, in some ways, embraced that label. On the other hand, numerous Republicans have run as full-throated conservatives during primaries and then won in swing states in the general election. We don’t know if El-Sayed or Hong will even make it to the general election. Progressives have already won in swing states, including in presidential elections. What we’ll learn in the next months and years is whether swing states will accept today’s version of progressivism, one led by self-described socialists (Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Mamdani).