Everyone knows that the Democrats at their core are just as much funded by billionaires and corporations as the Republicans are (https://youtu.be/...), and that at best Democrats are simply the "lesser evil" and sadly sometimes the bigger evil, as case in point Obama doubling down for 8 years on the worst of the Bush policies. But there's no alternative, so people say vote for Democrats anyway. But alternatives are forming. Kshama Sawant is fighting the Democratic machine in Seattle. The Progressive Party of Vermont is geering to cut ties with the Democrats and battle Shumlin and his Democrat cronies who have screwed over that state. Bernie Sanders campaign is literally going nowhere because he's trying to play the Democrat party game, as he always has, to little effect. I have de-registered as a Democrat and am now an independent, and plan to fully support third party efforts against the Democrat/Republican machine. The only progress we've seen is outside and against the Democratic Party, whether on a local, state or federal level. I think we as progressives need to realize and face this.
I am considering joining Socialist Alternative and also the ISO who are both committed to electoral activism against the Democrats. Howie Hawkins ran with the ISO and got 5 percent of the vote in the last NY governor election. We need to start replicating these efforts, and abandon the Democrats.