A faction would connote that there's a minority that want the policies that Nina espouses. If you look at polls, you'd find that her policies are actually popular. When the Shontel Brown's of the world take money from Republican interests you already know that it runs counter to these progressive democratic ideals.

You may need to re-examine your stance and gain a better understanding of things. Your words don't reflect that you do. Definitely a broad problem I see here.