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Posted on 05/24/2026 7:23:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber
In the wake of several close elections and a few Republican upsets, Democratic Party elites are increasingly embracing rhetoric that suggests a growing contempt for the will of the voters and an eagerness to circumvent the democratic process to beat the opposition party.
The redistricting wars have resulted in Republicans gaining a modest advantage in the upcoming race for control of the House, and legal setbacks to Democratic countermeasures have resulted in pivotal political leaders voicing their frustrations in increasingly provocative ways.
"Either MAGA extremists are gonna break the country or we are gonna break them,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said this month. “We have to beat them electorally and then we have to break their spirit.”
Polling data, moreover, appears to suggest that a conscious willingness to circumvent the will of voters, even through cheating, has become a pervasive attitude among a top slice of party elites.
Accusations of cheating and electoral fraud have become commonplace, especially since President Donald Trump spearheaded a campaign questioning the veracity of the 2020 election results. Despite limited evidence to support those specific claims, the idea of cheating itself is, unsurprisingly, broadly unpopular with the public.
A recent Napolitan Institute/RMG Research survey found that a mere 7% of voters would actively support their preferred party cheating to win an election. Despite broad public sentiment against it, however, support for outright cheating in elections rose dramatically among a group of voters that Napolitan identified as the “Elite 1%.” Of that group, 73% identified as Democrats, 67% were aged 35-54, 86% were white, and 47% embraced “Sanders-like policies.”
Among that block, 35% expressed support for cheating to win elections. But the survey broke it down further to address “politically active elites,” 69% of whom said they would support their side cheating to win an election.
“These attitudes reveal an elitist revolt against the nation’s founding principles,” pollster Scott Rasmussen wrote of the results in a USA Today column. “A growing faction within America’s leadership class increasingly believes it is better suited to rule than the public itself.”
Rasmussen’s analysis appears to validate some longstanding Republican gripes about the “left-wing political elite,” which have persisted for decades but grew even more prevalent after then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s notorious “basket of deplorables” comment.
Further data suggests an equally significant disconnect between the average voter and the elite voter on basic ideals like individual freedom.
Overall, 35% of the elite 1% said the U.S. had “far too much” individual freedom, compared to 58% of politically active elites who said the same and a mere 4% of voters overall. A further 19% of the elite 1% said the U.S. had “somewhat too much” individual freedom, while another 11% of the politically active elite said the same and just 12% of voters overall did.
Some such attitudes and comments seemingly dismissing the intelligence of the average voter have brought trouble for Democratic candidates this cycle.
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Mich., for instance, is seeking the Wolverine State’s open Senate seat and caught flak in April over a CNN report documenting her deletion of “thousands of old tweets” in which she criticized the Midwest, speaking as a Californian, and demonized the “morons from the other side of the country.” McMorrow defended her past comments as “normal” and suggested that she had not curated her Twitter feed to be a politician.
The recent redistricting effort in Virginia, moreover, drew widespread accusations of an antidemocratic, pro-elite sentiment among state Democrats.
To be sure, Republicans have faced similar allegations over redistricting, but the specific redraw in Virginia notably split the heavily Democratic-leaning suburbs of Washington, D.C., across several congressional districts to create a 10-1 Democratic-leaning slate of maps in a state that broke for that party by mere single digits in the last presidential election.
The state Supreme Court ultimately invalidated the referendum in which voters narrowly approved the change, prompting Democrats to make claims of antidemocratic actions against Republicans.
Ultimately, neither the survey data nor public comments from political figures have suggested that an open embrace of undemocratic methods and attitudes would go over terribly well in either party. Nevertheless, the evidence of such sentiment among the top brass will potentially undercut any messaging from the party claiming to represent the downtrodden.
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Leftists only tell you what they want to do when they slip up and tell the truth.
No S___, Sherlock!
Leftists only tell you what they want to do when they slip up and tell the truth.
“In the wake of several close elections and a few Republican upsets, Democratic Party elites are increasingly embracing rhetoric that suggests a growing contempt for the will of the voters and an eagerness to circumvent the democratic process to beat the opposition party.”
This has always been Leftist philosophy. Now that they no longer are able to control the narrative, they are openly saying it.
“RNC legal victory clears North Carolina voter roll purge of noncitizens through jury responses”
“The state of North Carolina now must remove noncitizens excused from jury duty from voter rolls, Fox News Digital has learned Thursday.
The Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party say they secured a consent judgment requiring the North Carolina State Board of Elections to use jury-duty records to identify registered voters who have acknowledged they are not U.S. citizens.
Those noncitizens will have to be removed from voter rolls, a significant legal victory in forcing a state to purge its voter rolls amid strong Democrat opposition.”
Yes, there are evil individuals in our government. Many more want to be in government.
When is the last time registered democratic voters were able to choose a Presidential candidate in the primaries?
rnot much has changed since 1861 and I think they are excited over the idea of another war against America like they did last time they were in this position.
In other words, your government.
Dems are elitists and therefore believe they know better than the voters.
“State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Mich., for instance, is seeking the Wolverine State’s open Senate seat and caught flak in April over a CNN report documenting her deletion of “thousands of old tweets” in which she criticized the Midwest, speaking as a Californian”
Jeff Daniels was once interviewed by some clown from California who could not believe he would choose to live in Michigan and wanted to know if they had fax machines there. It was obviously quite a while back, but the attitude never changes.
the end justifies the means
An honest survey? Pigs are flying...
“ Party elites are increasingly embracing rhetoric that suggests a growing contempt for the will of the voters and an eagerness to circumvent the democratic process to beat the opposition party”
They’ve always been like this. The idea is to preserve the illusion of participatory democracy. But the last thing they believe in is self-rule and self-determination. It’s all smoke and mirrors and gaslighting. “Democracy is like riding the Bus. Once you get to your destination, you get off”. It’s just the mechanism by which they intend to achieve permanent, one party rule.
The reach and influence of the “media” publishing and news outlets has waned considerably. As their iron grip control over The Narrative declines they become ever more strident and aggressive, hysterical and of course, extremely violent.
“A growing faction within America’s leadership class increasingly believes it is better suited to rule than the public itself.”That's been their prevailing attitude since at least the beginning of the 20th century.
Aristocrats never change.
It's okay to do that to the commies, yes? Look forward to it.
They don’t care, they love, obey and adore their democrat leadership. The only requirement for their blind worship is the “D” after the name. It doesn’t matter how intelligent and well educated they are, they blindly follow. It is a part of their character. Instead of worshipping God, they worship Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, et al.
This deranged thinking has plunged is into terrible wars, poverty, crime, confusion, and chaos yet they will not question their party, ever! If we attempt to reason with them, all we get are insults said in a very superior tone of voice.
God asks us “Is there nothing I cannot do?” to which I say, even you, Lord, cannot break through their smug arrogance and make them objective.
I just wish we all didn’t have to pay for their idiocy.
The void in their soul is not filled with GOD, the state fills it.
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