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Can Democrats Dig Out?
The Democratic Party is in a deep hole of working-class erosion and identity politics obsession. Can Democrats dig themselves out?
As the Democratic Party continues to dig out from its 2024 election losses, its progressive party leaders, activists, and elected officials are doing a modicum of soul-searching.
There are many questions to be asked, and answered, about Vice President Kamala Harris’s bitter November loss to Donald Trump.
One central question: Did Harris lose because of domestic issues like the economy? Or was her defeat simply part of a wider, international shift away from progressive ideology?
“Developed economies across the globe are abandoning progressive policies,” reported Merrill Matthews for The Hill this week. “Since November, Democrats have been trying to understand how they could possibly have lost an election to the likes of Donald Trump. But it’s not just Trump and the United States. Several key elements of the progressive-liberal policy agenda are in retreat in developed economies as voters and elected officials turn to more reasonable, practical, and financially sustainable policies.”
Given this growing worldwide trend, how should the Democratic Party respond? Is a return to the middle ground necessary? Or should Democratic Party leadership pass the torch to the more…