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- politics@lemmy.world
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- politics@lemmy.world
Summary
In the 2024 election, Democrats excelled with highly engaged voters but lost ground with less-engaged voters, particularly younger, working-class, and non-college-educated individuals.
Vice President Kamala Harris won among voters who closely follow politics by 5 points but trailed Donald Trump by 14 points among less-engaged voters.
Democratic strategists highlighted failures in outreach, reliance on narrow data models, and ineffective messaging.
Critics noted the party’s brand is often defined by extreme voices, while Republicans capitalized on dissatisfaction with the economy and national direction, resonating with everyday frustrations.
Do you really think they’re just ignorant and not malicious?
When a centrist looks at a universal program like free healthcare or free college that has popular support, and then promotes a version which provides less help to fewer people and will be easily removed by the opposition, and then lies about it being more practical and popular despite receiving just as much opposition from republicans, it betrays that preventing progress is a higher priority than winning elections or helping people.