The Democratic Party brand According to party strategists, he is “on the toilet” on Monday.
The New York Times held an “online written conversation” moderated by Times opinion writer Frank Bruni with progressive campaign consultant Anat Shenker-Osorio, Democratic communications strategist Lis Smith and former Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan to discuss what’s left of the party after brutal losses in the to be discussed in November.
“The Democratic brand is in the toilet,” Smith said. “Many of the Democrats who were successful this cycle – for example, our top House candidates – are people who ran against the Democratic Party brand. Trump has torn down the blue wall in the industrial Midwest, but he has also expanded his electoral votes, most of them in our bluest and most urban areas.”
The Democratic Party is no longer a “friend” of the working class after the election, one voter argued. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“’The toilet’? Yikes, Lis, that’s bad. “Do you really think it’s that bad?” Bruni asked.
“If the best way to win as a candidate is to run against your own party, that’s so bad. The rejection of our candidates is good. The ‘D’ next to her name means (the status quo) that people don’t do that sort of thing,” Smith said.
Ryan said the Democrats had “been labeled a status quo party” and had “failed to redefine themselves on cultural issues,” although Shenker-Osorio was more critical.
“Well… toilets clearly have a use, so the comparison may even be ‘generous,'” Shenker-Osorio said.
They also agreed that the biggest problem was the failure of the Democrats ward off the image of “elitism”. about the working class voter.
“The sign outside headquarters should now say ‘Caution: Entering an Echo Chamber,’” Ryan said. “I said move to Youngstown, but it could be Pittsburgh or Cleveland or Toledo or Detroit or Milwaukee. “But I’m absolutely serious that it shouldn’t be in Washington or anywhere on the coast. We need to send a bold signal that we are committed to reconnecting with people in the real world.”
A New York Times panel criticized the Democratic Party. (Left: (Photo by Leigh Vogel/WireImage), Circle: (Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images))
Bruni asked if Democrats need to stop “swarming Hollywood stars and dragging them onto the stage en masse,” to which Ryan agreed. But Smith said deeper considerations are needed.
“We need to look at who succeeded and who overperformed in this cycle and why,” she said. “Some of the top performers in the House races couldn’t have had more diverse profiles…What they had in common was that they were willing to go against the party’s brand, they met voters where they were with their frustration with the border and public safety.” issues, and they talked more about their vision for the future than about how bad Donald Trump is.
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“I would like to add one more thing – these members were largely among the first to call for Joe Biden to withdraw as a candidate. They were not among the band of Democrats telling voters not to believe what they had seen with their elections.” “I saw with my own eyes in that first debate,” Smith added.
Some members of the panel blamed President Biden’s staying in the race too long as a reason for the party’s losses. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)
The panel’s comments were released after a study by a Democratic pollster found that some Voters were disillusioned from the Democratic Party, with one participant saying they were “no longer a friend of the working class.”
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