Opinion How Democrats Can Save Themselves The New York Times

New York Times Opinion The New York Times How democrats found their way out of the political wilderness once before, and how they could do it again now. The democratic party can’t stop america’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.

Opinion Can Democrats Save Themselves The New York Times Democrats are now disputing how to respond to the daily outrageous actions and comments of president trump. one camp wants to aggressively attack, and the other wants a more measured approach. As a new report, "autopsy: democratic party in crisis" points out, democrats are suffering major declines in support from key traditional constituencies, including african american women, working class people of all races, and latino voters. This critique starts with a diagnosis: democrats misread the meaning of barack obama’s 2012 victory, imagining that it proved that their multiracia­l coalition could win without downscale and rural white voters, when in fact obama had beaten mitt romney precisely because of his relatively resilient support from those demographi­cs. Democratic strategist james carville this week demanded more “slanted” media coverage against donald trump to save democracy. carville was triggered by new york times editor joe kahn.

Opinion Can Democrats Save Themselves The New York Times This critique starts with a diagnosis: democrats misread the meaning of barack obama’s 2012 victory, imagining that it proved that their multiracia­l coalition could win without downscale and rural white voters, when in fact obama had beaten mitt romney precisely because of his relatively resilient support from those demographi­cs. Democratic strategist james carville this week demanded more “slanted” media coverage against donald trump to save democracy. carville was triggered by new york times editor joe kahn. By july, public opinion of president biden was so bleak that some democratic operatives in swing states were wondering exactly how far ahead of his approval rating their own candidates would. Normally the political party that loses an election goes through a period of soul searching and vigorous internal debate, while the winning party embraces a smug certainty about its own inevitable. Whether or not american democracy endures, a central question historians are sure to ask about this era is why america came to elect donald trump, promoting him from a symptom of the country’s. Democrats have specific ideas that poll well with these voters, but it’s not clear that even a sweeping “heartland revival” message could actually reverse the post trump shift.