Bernie Sanders’ Staffers Want To Replace Congress By 2018

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13. Gerrymandering is a problem. Even so,

the goal is to create a Congress that has many fewer representatives that prefer to serve the donor class rather than the people who elect them. That transformation isn't likely to be achieved in a single election and will require replacing both republicans and some democrats because both parties have incumbent representatives that prefer to serve the policy interests of large corporate donors. Obviously the challenges to those seats need to be targeted and Sanders style democrats will mostly become candidates mostly through primary challenges. That's bound to make the folks who prefer the party to prioritize incumbents (DNC, DCCC) and incumbents irritated. So, I don't expect the ugliness to end with the convention. Power cedes little willingly.

Within the gerrymandered districting there are republican seats that are more vulnerable. The 30ish most vulnerable seats tend to be outside of urban and suburban areas, actually in districts that include counties where discontent with status quo elected government is strong and in which Sanders' message has performed best.