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Behind the Curtain: Dems' dark, deep hole
Axios ^ | March 24, 2025 | Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen

Posted on 03/25/2025 3:46:31 PM PDT by Twotone

Top Democrats tell us their party is in its deepest hole in nearly 50 years โ€” and they fear things could actually get worse:

The party has its lowest favorability ever.

No popular national leader to help improve it.

Insufficient numbers to stop most legislation in Congress.

A durable minority on the Supreme Court.

Dwindling influence over the media ecosystem, with right-leaning podcasters and social media accounts ascendant.

Young voters are growing dramatically more conservative.

A bad 2026 map for Senate races.

Democratic Senate retirements could make it harder for the party to flip the House, with members tempted by statewide races.

There are only three House Republicans in districts former Vice President Harris won in 2024, a dim sign for a Democratic surge. There were 23 eight years ago in seats Hillary Clinton won.

And, thanks to the number of people fleeing blue states, the math for a Dem to win the presidency will just get harder in 2030.

Why it matters: Both parties โ€” after losing the White House, Senate and House โ€” suffer and search for salvation. But rarely does healing seem so hard and redemption so distant.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deephole; democrats

1 posted on 03/25/2025 3:46:32 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

IIRC a motion to censure jazzmean croquet was underway........


2 posted on 03/25/2025 3:48:46 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: Twotone

Don’t worry. The RNC will find a way to lose seats in 26.

They are really good at it.


3 posted on 03/25/2025 3:50:59 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Twotone

A bad 2026 map for Senate races.

Democratic Senate retirements could make it harder for the party to flip the House, with members tempted by statewide races.


Let’s get this mid-term election cycle going! Once it begins, dems tend to bite their tongues and cut back a bit more with their nastiness and lawfare until after the election.


4 posted on 03/25/2025 4:01:35 PM PDT by tsowellfan (Trump did his part - Now we need to do ours - Contact our Reps and let them know where WE stand...)
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To: tsowellfan

True the Vote is trying to get Elon’s help in vetting America’s voter rolls. I hope that happens soon, or the Dems will just be up to their old tricks.


5 posted on 03/25/2025 4:08:08 PM PDT by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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To: Twotone

Between:

-โ€”> shutting off USAID & NGO funds
-โ€”> prosecuting wholesale cheaters
-โ€”> cleanup of the Social Security Death Index
-โ€”> cleaning state/local voter rolls
-โ€”> auditing state/local compliance in Federal elections
-โ€”> Voter Photo ID
-โ€”> control of the Postal Service
-โ€”> eliminating Federal deadwood staff mischief
-โ€”> BAR CODES on BALLOTS so they can only be COUNTED ONCE
-โ€”> and why not PURPLE DYE on a finger like when we helped Iraq have free honest elections,

— we have a fighting chance to see this all happen.

For the bad guys, it should indeed feel like an all out assault.

MEANWHILEโ€”we need reform to stop election officials who deceptively write misleading titles to pass bad laws, bonds and referendums and initiatives.


6 posted on 03/25/2025 4:13:22 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: Twotone

And without USAID, they can’t siphon off the taxpayer slush funds. They will have to depend on George Soros for all their funding.


7 posted on 03/25/2025 4:18:51 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Twotone

Axios was created by the creators of Politico. USAID paid $$$$ for ‘subscriptions’ to Politico. Has Axios reported the Politico money laundering? Hmmmmmmm?


8 posted on 03/25/2025 4:22:06 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: rktman

Jazzmin and Cortez should step in and lead the party.
Crazy and ignorant. Very easy for the American people to see.


9 posted on 03/25/2025 4:23:17 PM PDT by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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To: Twotone

As shown by rogue judges it doesn’t matter how pathetic and evil the democrat party is. They infest every agency and court house in the land. Until ‘we’ get that under control they continue to win the real battles.


10 posted on 03/25/2025 4:25:29 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Twotone

Huh. Turns out that hating Trump wasnโ€™t much of a platform, eh?


11 posted on 03/25/2025 4:28:36 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Fledermaus

And Hollywood John Roberts will find a way to swing the supreme court to the left. He loves to please his cocktail party friends.


12 posted on 03/25/2025 4:31:09 PM PDT by Bullish (I've never seen such morons... Have you?)
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To: Twotone

No problem. AOC is planning to build a bridge to Europe in order to be more socialist, like the French, and you can just walk to London, and it won’t cost much, if we all pay more in taxes and those migrants can do most of the work if we pay them enough and don’t buy a Tesla, get a horse that doesn’t fart.


13 posted on 03/25/2025 4:47:56 PM PDT by Omnivore-Dan ( )
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To: Twotone

This has to be the feel-good article of the month. But I doubt Dems will heed this advice. Instead, it’s probably more terrorist tantrums and Squad rantings.


14 posted on 03/25/2025 4:56:23 PM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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To: Twotone

The Democrat base thinks the party is not liberal enough. That is bad.


15 posted on 03/25/2025 5:13:48 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: Twotone

Boys in girls sports?
Boys in girls bathrooms?
Pro trannies every damn thing?
Pro abortion up to and after birth?
Etc. etc.etc. ?
Whatโ€™s not to like


16 posted on 03/26/2025 6:04:02 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 Be Kind.)
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To: Twotone

The democrat in politics is like entering a away backed horse
in the Preakness race.


17 posted on 03/26/2025 6:50:42 AM PDT by Vaduz
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