What is to be done? What is our future? 2025 DSA National Convention Results

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2025 DSA Convention Results — full vote tallies (Metro Detroit DSA)

Author: Collin P. | Published: 2025-08-14 | Source: primary-document

Summary

The reference document for the 2025-dsa-national-convention: a near-complete transcription of resolution outcomes with raw yes/no/abstain counts and percentages, plus the full consent agenda and the complete NPC roster with every member’s chapter and caucus affiliation. Genre is coded primary-document because it is essentially a results table with minimal commentary, sourced from the convention’s OpenSlides output (flagged as preliminary, pending review by the Resolutions Subcommittee). Reports 1,300 delegates.

Every contested vote referenced elsewhere in this wiki can be checked against this page. It independently corroborates the vote counts in rochester-red-star-2025-the-future-starts-now and cosmonaut-2025-party-echoes-at-dsa-convention, and — critically — it lists CB01-10: Repealing the Ban on Democratic Centralism as a named plank of the CB01 package that passed 989–217 (82.0%).

The NPC roster is the hard evidence on caucus composition: 25 seats (2 co-chairs, 23 at-large) plus 2 YDSA co-chairs. red-star-caucus holds the co-chair seat (Megan R., At-Large) plus two at-large seats (Hazel W., San Francisco; John L., New Orleans) — three of 25, not a majority. Groundwork holds the other co-chair (Ashik S.) plus four at-large.

Key Claims

  • Attendance: 1,300 delegates plus alternates, observers, volunteers.
  • NPC expanded from 16 to 25 seats (2 co-chairs + 23 at-large), plus 2 YDSA co-chairs elected separately at the YDSA convention, Chicago, August 6–7, 2025.
  • Co-chairs: Ashik S. (Wilmington DSA — Groundwork); Megan R. (At-Large — Red Star).
  • NPC caucus breakdown (23 at-large): Groundwork 4, Socialist Majority Caucus 4, Springs of Revolution 4, Marxist Unity Group 3, Bread and Roses 3, Red Star 2, Libertarian Socialist Caucus 1, Reform and Revolution 1, Carnation Program 1. YDSA co-chairs: Reform and Revolution 1, unaffiliated 1.

Constitution & bylaws (⅔ threshold):

  • CB01 Democracy Commission structural reform: PASSED 989–217 (82.0%), 13 abstain. Planks include CB01-1 Archive Policy, CB01-2 Abolishing Constitutional Membership, CB01-4 Member Input Policy, CB01-5 National Commission Policy, CB01-6 Changes to the NPC, CB01-7 Standards for the NPC, CB01-8 Implementing Chapter Affiliation Agreements, CB01-9 Reauthorizing the Democracy Commission, CB01-10 Repealing the Ban on Democratic Centralism.
  • CB02 One Member One Vote for National Leadership Elections: FAILED 487–736 (39.8%).
  • CB03 print publication fee structures: passed by unanimous consent.
  • CB04 Fair Representation via STV Delegate Elections: PASSED 711–412 (63.3%).

Major contested resolutions:

  • CR02 International Committee — Building an Internationalist Party: PASSED 1013–123 (89.2%). Amendment CR02-A02 (Democratic Socialist Internationalism) FAILED 504–655 (43.5%) — this is the anti-campism amendment leblanc-2025-learning-from-the-dsa-convention regrets.
  • CR05 National Electoral Commission: PASSED 1049–132 (88.8%). CR05-A02 unified endorsement process FAILED 373–794 (32.0%); CR05-A03 deliberative federal endorsements PASSED 655–525 (55.5%); CR05-A04 (Carnation) and CR05-A05 (Invest in Cadre Candidates and Political Independence) passed by consent agenda.
  • CR10 National Labor Commission: PASSED 1049–132 (88.8%). CR10-A01 A Partyist Labor Strategy FAILED 544–591 (47.9%).
  • R01 DSA for One Palestinian State: FAILED 330–752 (30.5%).
  • R06 One Member One Vote for Federal Endorsements: ruled out of order by the Chair; ruling sustained 669–501 (57.2%).
  • R07 Principles for Party-Building: PASSED 641–551 (53.8%), zero abstentions.
  • R20 Join with Unions to Run Labor Candidates: PASSED 987–89 (91.7%); R20-A01 passed 834–315 (72.6%).
  • R22 For a Fighting Anti-Zionist DSA, unamended: PASSED 675–524 (56.3%); R22-A01 (Align with the BDS Movement) FAILED 572–688 (45.4%).
  • R27 Staff Relationship to Members: PASSED 683–494 (58.0%).
  • R33 Unite Labor & the Left to Run a Socialist For President and Build the Party, unamended: PASSED 687–471 (59.3%); R33-A02 Building a United Front Toward 2028 FAILED 540–631 (46.1%).
  • R34 Workers Deserve More, Forever: PASSED 900–291 (75.6%); R34-A01 A Fighting Socialist Program FAILED 532–651 (45.0%).
  • R35 For Working-Class Member Leadership: PASSED 651–501 (56.5%); R35-A01 Stipend the NPC FAILED 538–642 (45.6%).
  • R42 Labor for an Arms Embargo, unamended: PASSED 347–86 (80.1%) — note the much smaller electorate; R42-A01 strike-ready FAILED 421–770 (35.3%).
  • R44 Resolution on Staff, Contractors, and Budgeting: FAILED 583–594 (49.5%) — eleven votes.

Consent agenda (passed without debate): CR01 chapter affiliation agreement, CR04 political education, CR06 housing justice, CR08 unified grievance policy as amended (including CR08-A01 Member Expulsion Policy, formerly CB01-3), R02 No AI Images, R05 Fight Fascism Build Socialism, R09 exit from capitalist and Democratic Party tech, R13 national resource library, R18 Seize the Moment! Defeat Corporate Democrats and Elect More Socialists, R19 From Palestine to Mexico, R26 Fight Fascist State Repression & ICE, R29 national design committee, R30 Preparing for May Day 2028 and R30-A01 Tenants & Workers Together in 2028, R32 multilingual DSA, R36 Unified Palestine Solidarity Strategy, R40 Build Worker Power Defeat Amazon, R49 Resolution on the Use of X.com.

Direct quotes worth preserving

“CB01–10: Repealing the Ban on Democratic Centralism” — listed plank of the Democracy Commission Comprehensive Structural Reform Proposal, passed 989–217

Why citable: the claim in DSA’s own results document, with the vote count attached. Not an inference, not a hostile characterization — the plank title.

“R18: Seize the Moment! Defeat Corporate Democrats and Elect More Socialists — passed by consent agenda” — consent agenda listing

Why citable: DSA’s posture toward the Democratic Party stated in a resolution title, adopted without debate because it was uncontroversial internally.

“Whether the resolutions you wanted passed or failed, the convention is about camaraderie and building a unified vision for DSA. We have a vision and a direction for the next two years.” — Collin P.

Why citable: the only editorializing in the piece; useful as the in-house framing of a convention that outside sources read as a factional seizure.

Connections

Entities mentioned: dsa, red-star-caucus, megan-romer, democratic-party, Groundwork, Socialist Majority Caucus, Springs of Revolution, Marxist Unity Group, Bread and Roses, Libertarian Socialist Caucus, Reform and Revolution, Carnation Program, YDSA Concepts referenced: entryism, democratic centralism, one member one vote, dirty break, anti-Zionism Events: 2025-dsa-national-convention Debates: is-the-dsa-taking-over-the-democratic-party

Contradictions / Tensions

  • This page should be treated as the tally of record for the 2025 convention; where narrative accounts disagree on numbers, defer here — with the caveat that the author labels all results preliminary pending Resolutions Subcommittee review.
  • The R42 anomaly: 347–86 versus 1,100–1,200 votes cast on most items. Either a card vote recorded partially (consistent with rochester-red-star-2025-the-future-starts-now’s “passed by a show of cards”) or a heavily thinned floor. Do not cite R42’s percentage as representative of delegate sentiment.
  • CR05 and CR10 are recorded with identical vote counts (1049–132–23), which is likely a transcription error in one of the two; flag before citing either individually.
  • Red Star’s actual NPC share is 3 of 25 including the co-chair — a fact that both confirms the hostile claim (they hold a co-chair seat) and bounds it (they are the sixth-largest caucus bloc on the body).
  • Membership numbers are not reported here; see leblanc-2025-learning-from-the-dsa-convention.

Notes

Resolution links in the original point to the DSA discussion forum, which requires member login — the tallies here are the accessible record. Full OpenSlides motion list was posted to the DSA forum thread “Final preliminary results from the 2025 convention.” Delegate count (1,300) differs slightly from Le Blanc’s observer estimate (~1,500 present, 1,100–1,200 voting).