Posted on 05/02/2025 8:11:58 PM PDT by Libloather
On Nov. 5, the Democratic Party received what counts in our hyper-polarized age as a comprehensive drubbing.
Donald Trump swept all seven battleground states, improved over his 2016 and 2020 performances with nearly every demographic subcategory, and became the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote.
In the end, Vice President Kamala Harris’ $1 billion-plus war chest and much-praised “ground game” proved a boon to the college funds of Democratic consultants and not much else.
“This was a total and complete repudiation of the Democratic Party,” one congressman told Punchbowl News on the morning after the election. “People are not buying what we’re selling. Period.”
Post-election polling confirms that the party’s national brand is in the Dumpster.
A late January Quinnipiac poll found that only 31% of voters hold a favorable opinion of the Democrats, versus 57% with an unfavorable one.
By contrast, Republican favorability stood at 43% — still underwater, but 12 points better — while Trump enjoyed the highest approval rating of his political career, 53%, according to a February poll from CBS/YouGov.
Rejection of progressivism
While voters are undoubtedly angry at the party that gave us the Biden administration, surveys from Democratic polling firms suggest a broader public rejection of progressive cultural politics.
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if you let the commie nose in the tent
they will eventually takeover
There is no more steering, they are already in free fall.
Jim Jones is driving and they’re all drinking the Kool Ade.
They believed their own BS, they really think most people agree with them. Bottoms up!
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The donkey is headed for a cliff?
Put the spurs to it.
By ALL means, keep screaming your idiotic slogans and push your ignorant ideas. Its “working”. ::wink wink nudge nudge: Know what I mean?
It’s no longer a political party. It’s a cult. For that reason they indulge only in methods and issues that appeal to their religious fervor, ignoring reality.
All this winning & the stupid Dems are trying to tell what losers the Repubs are...?? Maybe Repubs can “lose” this way again in 2028. Right now, I can’t see where the Dems even have anyone fit to run....let alone win....in 2028.
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