{"id":42403,"date":"2026-08-13T04:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T23:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42403"},"modified":"2026-08-13T04:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T23:53:41","slug":"francesca-hongs-collapse-offers-hope-for-establishment-dems-but-the-radical-left-is-still-working-hard-to-infiltrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42403","title":{"rendered":"Francesca Hong&#8217;s collapse offers hope for establishment Dems \u2014 but the radical left is still working hard to infiltrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fcrop-40309470_7bfe35.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Late Tuesday night, establishment Democrats finally exhaled after holding their collective breath as the polls proved to have badly overestimated the far-left\u2019s appeal in the Wisconsin governor\u2019s primary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/12\/us-news\/francesca-hong-loses-tight-race-to-moderate-david-crowley-in-wisconsin-gubernatorial-primary\/\">Thanksgiving-hating socialist Francesca Hong narrowly lost<\/a> to David Crowley, showing the limits of the radical left\u2019s appeal in a Midwest swing state, as long as the normal Democrat has a modicum of charisma and organizational support. <\/p>\n<p>Regular Dems also know the polls were about as badly off in last week\u2019s Michigan\u2019s Senate primary; far-lefty Abdul El-Sayed squeaked through because he <em>did <\/em>have far more charisma, and avoided the actual Democratic Socialist label.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-Trump fury may carry him over the finish line in November, but the left is still furious at how far it\u2019s falling behind those polls: Pinko streamer Hasan Piker <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/12\/us-news\/furious-hasan-piker-melts-down-over-francesca-hongs-loss-outlaw-thanksgiving-and-outlaw-boomers\/\">tweeted angrily<\/a> of Hong\u2019s defeat: \u201cOutlaw Thanksgiving and outlaw boomers.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--author inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--underline subsection-heading--underline--indent-30 \">\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Post Editorial Board<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>What\u2019s now obvious is that those polls didn\u2019t capture the rural voters and urban blacks who aren\u2019t remotely sold on the left\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Post Opinion\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To win, the extremists need low-turnout primaries in gentrifying urban districts in deep-blue states, or candidates with the dynamism and charm to attract a broader coalition. <\/p>\n<p>Then again, the left is still pulling the Democratic Party its way: The establishment is rushing to legitimize El-Sayed, and all too many candidates, for example, still don\u2019t dare speak common sense on issues like protecting women\u2019s spaces from males \u201cidentifying\u201d as female.<\/p>\n<p>That may not stop Democrats from winning back the House and even the Senate this fall, but it\u2019s going to limit their gains until they can start <em>reliably <\/em>defeating the left in their own primaries. <\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the lefties are learning, too: Don\u2019t expect them to put their future hopes on losers like Francesca Hong.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Tuesday night, establishment Democrats finally exhaled after holding their collective breath as the polls proved to have badly overestimated the far-left\u2019s appeal in the Wisconsin governor\u2019s primary. 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