The last time minimum wage was raised was in 2009 under Obama with a Democratic congress. The last time progress was made on healthcare was again under Obama with a democratic congress.

The reason these changes weren’t more is because of Republicans and “moderate” democrats. If you want more progressive representation we either need to vote and do work for those candidates in elections including primaries or we need to create a new party that doesn’t just split the liberal/left votes allowing Republican wins.

Essentially RCV or some other form of voting than what we currently have is the best chance of seeing real change and representation.