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Democratic Socialists of America activists have embedded themselves in the DFL — advancing a platform most Minnesotans have never voted for. Voters deserve to know.
Hubert Humphrey and the founders of the DFL believed in expanding opportunity, protecting workers, and strengthening democracy — all within the constitutional system. They regulated capitalism; they didn't seek to abolish it. They funded police; they didn't defund them. They engaged the world; they didn't oppose American leadership in it.
Today, a growing faction inside the DFL holds a very different agenda — one rooted in the national platform of the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA wants to abolish capitalism, defund police to zero, nationalize major industries, and rewrite the Constitution. They are running candidates and winning primaries under the DFL banner.
The Humphrey Project exists to make sure voters know the difference.
Hubert H. Humphrey — Mayor, U.S. Senator, 38th Vice President
As Minneapolis mayor, Humphrey desegregated the police and created one of the country's first human rights commissions. At the 1948 DNC, he demanded a civil rights plank from the podium — and Southern delegates walked out. He didn't blink. As senator, he shepherded the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through a 57-day filibuster. He was a pragmatist who believed in winning real change through democratic institutions — not waiting for a revolution.
"The moral test of government is how it treats those in the dawn of life, the twilight of life, and the shadows of life."
Fund and reform law enforcement
Regulate capitalism — don't abolish it
Reform institutions through the Constitution
Support NATO and American global leadership
Pass laws that help people today
Defund police — "to $0 over time"
Abolish capitalism and nationalize industry
Rewrite or abolish the Constitution
Dismantle NATO — "dismantle the empire"
Wait for revolution rather than reform
See the full policy comparison — DSA vs. DFL
In the 1940s, communists attempted to take control of Minnesota's DFL. A young Minneapolis mayor named Hubert Humphrey led the fight to remove them — and in doing so, forged the DFL into the most effective progressive coalition in the country.
Read the full historyFive deep dives on who the DSA are, what they've done, and where their money comes from.
What they believe, how they're organized, and how they've embedded themselves in the DFL.
Read moreA side-by-side breakdown of how DSA positions diverge from the DFL mainstream on every major issue.
Read moreWhat actually happened in Minneapolis when DSA-backed officials shaped city policy.
Read moreTracking the funding networks that support DSA candidates and campaigns in Minnesota.
Read moreFund and support law enforcement while pursuing meaningful accountability reforms.
Regulate and reform capitalism — don't abolish it. Grow the pie, share it fairly.
Reform institutions through the system we have — don't tear up the Constitution.
Protect collective bargaining and worker dignity within a free market economy.
Stay in NATO, support allies, engage the world — don't "dismantle the empire."
Pass laws that help people today rather than waiting for a revolution that never comes.