Yes, because he’s entirely at the mercy of the Democratic machine to get re-elected, a machine that has turned against him. Now, if Chesa Boudin had an independent machine backing him he’d win by 2-3% a la what we’ve seen in Seattle, but he doesn’t and the machinery against him is way stronger with bigger financial backing than the myriad of dissident progressives and patchwork of Bay Area grassroots organizations can lift him over.
This should be a lesson—like the recall attempt and resignation against the most progressive, ex homeless San Francisco councilor or the the Democrat-Republican grand alliance against the DSA—that the Democrats will not tolerate candidates of and for the working class.
Shoplifting isn't a job PSOL.