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Progressive Democrats of America is an American political action committee aiming to make the Democratic Party more progressive.

History

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PDA was formed in Roxbury, Boston[1] in 2004 by activists from the Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich campaigns.[2]

PDA supported policies including single-payer healthcare[3] and ending the Iraq War.[4]

In 2007, PDA had 110,000 members and 136 chapters.[5]

In 2014, PDA ran a "Run Bernie Run" petition drive to draft Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[6]

PDA operates both inside and outside the Democratic Party.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Selfa, Lance (7 August 2012). The Democrats: A Critical History. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1-60846-049-6.
  2. ^ Schmidt, Ingo; Evans, Bryan (2012). Social Democracy After the Cold War. Athabasca University Press. ISBN 978-1-926836-87-4.
  3. ^ Lind, Nancy S.; Rankin, Erik T.; Harris, Gardenia (15 August 2016). Today's Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 979-8-216-15623-9.
  4. ^ Street, Paul (22 December 2015). Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-26340-1.
  5. ^ "Article clipped from Tampa Bay Times". Tampa Bay Times. 28 October 2007. p. 5.
  6. ^ Ph.D, Scott H. Ainsworth; Harward, Brian M. (19 July 2019). Political Groups, Parties, and Organizations That Shaped America: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection [3 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-4408-5197-1.
  7. ^ Esposito, Luigi; Finley, Laura L. (13 April 2012). Grading the 44th President: A Report Card on Barack Obama's First Term as a Progressive Leader. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-39844-5.
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