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Democrats might be ‘overthinking’ strategy to recapture voters
The Hill ^ | 07/06/25 6:00 AM ET | Amie Parnes

Posted on 07/06/2025 4:56:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Democrats are rethinking ways to recapture voters they’ve lost to President Trump in recent election cycles, and they may have been offered an important lesson in the New York mayoral primary.

In various post-mortems and focus groups done on the heels of their devastating 2024 election loss, Democrats have thoroughly examined exit polls and voter demographics in search of the gaps in their party’s appeal. 

But Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha, who served as a senior adviser on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign in 2020, said Democrats are “overthinking” the solution by analyzing the voters who flipped sides or skipped voting during the last election. 

“It’s more simple than that,” Rocha said. “Just concentrate on people who are frustrated as hell and get both of them.” 

Rocha pointed to the New York mayoral race as proof. He says progressive upstart-turned-party nominee Zohran Mamdani (D) was able to capture voters — including those who did not vote a few months ago in the presidential election — by talking about affordability and other tangible economic issues that appealed to them. 

Rocha said voters “want anything that’s different” from the status quo when it comes to the cost of living. 

“It shows how desperate people are,” he said.

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While many Democrats disagree with Mamdani’s politics, they say the campaign he ran shows the unwavering preeminence of economic issues. And Trump taught the same lesson in 2024, political observers say, by telling voters what they wanted to hear...

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1 posted on 07/06/2025 4:56:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They could try to love the United States, stop trying to replace White people, and give up the Marxism. Then people might vote for them again.


2 posted on 07/06/2025 4:59:21 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“rethinking”?

To REthink, you first had to think. Democrats don’t do either.


3 posted on 07/06/2025 5:03:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They should take advice from The Hill...so that they keep losing.


4 posted on 07/06/2025 5:04:11 PM PDT by toddausauras (47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 )
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To: EvilCapitalist
If Mamdani wins, the exodus of productive people will leave NYC in droves. NYC will be hollowed out like Detroit. All that will be left are people who rely on "grants" or charity.

5 posted on 07/06/2025 5:04:59 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: EvilCapitalist

The hills they will die on!

Don’t forget the right of male perverts to invade girls’ locker rooms and athletic events.


6 posted on 07/06/2025 5:05:11 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (<i>"Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

You caught the false premise! Good for you.


7 posted on 07/06/2025 5:06:43 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

One thing the Democrats aren’t guilty of is overthinking.

Thier genius till always be to attract a following of kooks, queers, loafers, abortionists and other assorted wierdos and dirtbags.


8 posted on 07/06/2025 5:09:55 PM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rulsh!!!!!)
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“ unwavering preeminence of economic issues.”

Ok, Dems. Prepare for your upcoming Econ 101 lesson which will teach you a lot about what happens when the government owns the grocery stores and all “the means of production.” There are some instructive lessons from history if you are interested.

“Good and hard.”


9 posted on 07/06/2025 5:10:16 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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He says progressive upstart-turned-party nominee Zohran Mamdani (D) was able to capture voters — including those who did not vote a few months ago in the presidential election — by talking about affordability and other tangible economic issues that appealed to them.

Joe Biden created the affordability problem with peak 9% inflation that resulted in a cumulative 25% growth in prices. It's a laugh to think that Democrats can win them back without considering the Republican response to anything Democrats say while campaigning.

-PJ

10 posted on 07/06/2025 5:10:46 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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Democrats remind me of the person they always warned us about when we were kids.

Never accept candy from a stranger.
Next they ask you to pull your pants down, and then
they say, don’t tell anybody!
Here is some more candy for being good at the doctor’s.


11 posted on 07/06/2025 5:10:53 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Shirley you jest ... Demonrats thinking let alone over thinking.


12 posted on 07/06/2025 5:11:09 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There were 3-5 million phantom voters in 2020.

They could not be resurrected in 2024 due to patriotic vigilance.


13 posted on 07/06/2025 5:11:13 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Dr. Sivana

They seem to have shifted quickly away from “Pervert Hill” to “Free Stuff Hill” and “Economic Misery Hill.”


14 posted on 07/06/2025 5:12:32 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Promise free stuff without telling anyone you are a communist.


15 posted on 07/06/2025 5:12:58 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
instructive lessons from history.

You mean stuff written by dead white capitalist pigs like Friedman.

16 posted on 07/06/2025 5:14:27 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
by talking about affordability and other tangible economic issues that appealed to them.

I believe the people in New York are more susceptible to some peddler coming through town and promising free stuff for the masses by taxing the rich.

In places where there is not such a disparity in wealth, people realize that they have to earn their own keep.

17 posted on 07/06/2025 5:19:39 PM PDT by oldbrowser ( don't listen to the peddlers)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Voters might indeed “want something different”, but most of America don’t want that much of a “different”: A communist and a potential — if not an actual — jihadist panderer!
18 posted on 07/06/2025 5:23:06 PM PDT by glennaro (2025: The year of America's rebirth as a Great (and Free) Republic)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

One thing missing from that picture: The vandalism that will result when stores run empty in diverse neighborhoods.


19 posted on 07/06/2025 5:24:06 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So basically the dems are saying out loud that they have to find a new way to trick voters who want nothing to do with them


20 posted on 07/06/2025 5:24:35 PM PDT by daku
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