Destined for Defeat: Behind the Democratic Disaster of 2024

Destined for Defeat: Behind the Democratic Disaster of 2024

One of the more curiously inapt proverbs, especially as it applies to politics, is the idea that, while success has a thousand fathers, failure is an orphan. We know, in fact, from the thousands of accounts that pour forth after every presidential election, that the paternity of electoral defeat in particular is litigated over as […]The post Destined for Defeat: Behind the Democratic Disaster of 2024 appeared first on .

"Abundance" Does Not Offer a Viable Electoral Strategy

The Democratic Party is currently going through the usual rounds of soul-searching that follows a party’s defeat in an election, but this time it is more urgent than ever. The Trump administration has done so much damage thus far to our democracy, and if given larger majorities in the 2026 midterms and a second term for its agenda (even if Trump himself departs the political stage) it might result in irreversible damage. There is an opportunity …

"Understanding the Democrats 2024 Defeat and the Path to Rebuilding"

When Donald Trump announced his presidential campaign in 2015, he reached out to middle- and working-class Americans who felt overlooked. These voters had traditionally supported the Democratic Party, which had long been seen as a champion of workers’ rights. The party’s strong ties to labor unions and its history with FDR’s New Deal established its ...