Abolish Senate? DSA’s Wild Power Play

Democratic Socialists of America’s official platform calls to abolish the Electoral College and Senate and to replace the presidency and Supreme Court with bodies under Congress, a direct hit on America’s constitutional checks and balances.

Story Highlights

DSA platform seeks to abolish the Senate and Electoral College.
Plan would replace the presidency and Supreme Court with bodies chosen by and subordinate to Congress.
News outlets report the platform as a sweeping rewrite of federal power and structure.
A DSA leader publicly defended abolishing the Senate as “democratic” reform.

Platform Language Targets Core Constitutional Guardrails

Democratic Socialists of America published an official program that demands the end of “minority rule,” abolition of the Electoral College, and abolition of the United States Senate. The same document proposes replacing the President and the Supreme Court with an executive and a judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress. That would erase the separation of powers that protects liberty by dividing authority across branches.

Earlier drafts from 2021 carried nearly identical goals, including abolishing the Senate and the Electoral College. That shows the agenda has been consistent across years, not a stray quote or a one-off post. The 2021 draft’s “End minority rule” line and its direct call to abolish the Senate and Electoral College mirror today’s program words. This continuity matters because it proves intent and priority, not a passing slogan.

Reporting Confirms a Sweeping Government Restructure

Multiple outlets described the platform as a sweeping remake of America’s government. City Journal reported that DSA’s program commits to scrapping the Senate and replacing the President and Supreme Court with bodies under Congress. That design would consolidate national power into one chamber dominated by a partisan majority, cutting out the constitutional brakes that defend states, families, and individual rights when Washington swings hard left or right.

Newsweek likewise summarized the planks as abolishing the Electoral College and switching to an executive and judiciary that answer to Congress. It also noted calls to break the two-party system and expand public ownership in major sectors. These are not small tweaks. These are structural changes that would upend how laws are made, how leaders are checked, and how courts guard the Bill of Rights.

DSA Leaders Defend Abolishing the Senate as “More Democratic”

A national DSA co-chair argued there is “no point” to the Senate and tied its history to serving elites. He framed abolition as a democratic fix, not a radical break. That claim ignores why the Constitution gave states equal voice in one chamber. The Senate slows raw national majorities and protects small states so coastal blocs cannot steamroll the rest of the country on energy, guns, speech, and borders.

Cleveland-area DSA voices have pushed even further, blasting the current system and floating a “new constitution” built on a single national legislature with proportional party lists. That vision would erase the federal balance that lets states lead on schools, policing, and election rules that fit local life. It would also sideline the constitutional backstops that keep Washington from running every part of daily life.

Why This Matters Under Today’s Policy Fights

Abolishing the Electoral College would shift power away from rural and industrial states toward a few mega-cities. Replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with bodies under Congress would let one bloc write laws, enforce them, and judge them. Americans know what that means on the ground: gun bans, speech codes, and federal dictates on schools and faith life with no real brake from an independent court or executive.

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Supporters can push these changes by amendment or elections. They are not proposing a coup. But the end state still concentrates power. The Constitution split authority on purpose, to stop exactly that. Conservatives, independents, and many Democrats who value pluralism should read the actual program language. When a group says it wants to erase the Senate and bind courts to Congress, we should believe it and respond at the ballot box and in statehouses.

What We Can Verify Today

The record is clear on the platform text. The official DSA program and prior drafts flatly call for abolishing the Electoral College and the Senate and for replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with institutions under Congress. Major outlets have reported those exact planks. A DSA leader has publicly defended Senate abolition. Claims about what one television guest said are still being sought in full transcript form; the platform itself is not in dispute.