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NewsNation political contributor Chris Cillizza said Thursday that fresh polling data paints a dire picture for the Democratic Party. Just roughly one-third of Democrats said they were “very optimistic” or “somewhat optimistic” regarding the future of their own party, according to a Wednesday poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Cillizza said on his YouTube channel that this survey, alongside another poll, underscores how damaged the party has become. WATCH: VIDEO AT LINK.................. “The extent to which Democrats, Democrats think the Democratic brand is broken is pretty stunning to me, and we have a bunch of...

Since 2018, the Heartland Institute has monitored the success of socialist candidates in midterm and general elections. This year, socialists again won a variety of political offices at the national, statewide, and local levels, reinforcing the fact that socialists have indeed gained a toehold throughout the United States. In 2024, as detailed in the Heartland Institute’s latest edition of Socialist Watch, socialist candidates won 94 percent of the races they participated in. Moreover, most of these races were won easily, with socialists beating their opponents by an average margin of 49 percentage points. The winning percentage and average margin of...