DSA announces platform: Eliminate the U.S. Senate, the presidency, the Electoral College and the Supreme Court

A newly adopted policy platform from the Democratic Socialists of America is drawing national attention after outlining a vision that would dramatically reshape the federal government by eliminating several of the nation’s most recognizable constitutional institutions.

Among its proposals, the platform calls for replacing the existing constitutional framework with a new governing structure that would abolish the U.S. Senate, the presidency, the Electoral College and the Supreme Court. The document argues that those institutions concentrate power in ways the organization believes are incompatible with its vision of a more democratic political system.

The platform also calls for broader economic and political reforms, including expanded worker ownership, significant changes to the nation’s economic structure and a long-term transition toward what it describes as a democratic socialist society.

DSA leaders have defended the platform as a statement of long-term principles rather than an immediate legislative agenda. Co-chair Gustavo Gordillo argued in recent interviews that the Senate is an “undemocratic” institution because every state receives equal representation regardless of population.

Supporters of that view contend that equal state representation gives disproportionate influence to less-populous states and can leave national majorities without corresponding legislative power.