Francesca Hong’s defeat won’t stop the DSAThe Spectator ^ | 08/11/26 | Freddy GrayPosted on by SeekAndFindSo, at time of writing, it looks as if voters don’t want to cancel Thanksgiving – on balance, at least. But the more immediate takeaway is two-fold: pollsters are very bad at divining Democratic primaries – and Democratic primary officials are hopeless at tallying votes. They made a similar mistake in not identifying late trends in last week’s Senate primary in Michigan, which ended up being a far narrower victory for the DSA-aligned – but not affiliated – candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Like many DSA members, Hong has said she wants to abolish the police because law enforcement agencies “uphold white supremacy.” Flanagan is not a DSA member, but she was the progressive choice – backed by Senator Bernie Sanders, the party’s elder socialist statesman.