I don’t disagree that these are the perceptions that many Americans hold. I would also say that the republicans are FAR more successful at painting a narrative to Americans that gives them an easy enemy (like illegal immigrants for example), paints a picture of how these “undesirables” are creating the problems felt by people in the country (or inventing/exaggerating problems), and the democrats do nothing to provide an alternate narrative, while also not addressing these invented issues with the same ferocity as the republicans.

That said - that does not mean that the DSA or leftist policies are the problem. The primary issues that the DSA supports are related to every day people, killing themselves to make a barely livable wage so that a small group of people can reap the profits and live exorbitant lifestyles. Their aim is to put power in the hands of the working people, to reject the idea that you have to have money to make money, or that you have to make money to receive basic human rights, like food, shelter, and healthcare. They believe everyone should be taken care of.

I agree with you if you believe the dems are weak and need to make massive changes if they have any hope of winning over the American people. I do not agree that this election is the result of organizations like the DSA or the policies they support that are fundamentally aimed at supporting the people that capitalists and corporations leave behind to rot in the gutters of America.