Why do DEMOCRATS say they lost?
Voices we haven’t heard from in a while & two eye-popping charts
Common Sense
“We don’t know how to speak to voters. When we address Latino voters as LatinX, for instance, because that’s the politically correct thing to do, it makes them think that we don’t even live on the same planet as they do.
‘When we put pronouns after names and say she/her, as opposed to saying, You know what, if I call you by the wrong pronoun, call me out, I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. But stop with the virtue signaling and just speak to people like they’re normal.’
‘We constantly try to parse out different ways of speaking to different cohorts, because our focus groups or polling shows that so and so appeals to such and such. That’s not how normal people think. It’s not common sense, and we need to start being the party of common sense again.”
– Democrat strategist Julie RoginskySOURCE:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/07/politics/video/democratic-party-went-wrong-julie-roginsky-digvid
Oh, Joe Biden
“He shouldn’t have run…This is no time to pull punches or be concerned about anyone’s feelings. He and his staff have done an enormous amount of damage to this country.”
– Jim Manley, a top aide to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
“It would have been better if we had had a primary, even if Harris was the eventual victor… And it was necessary for the Democratic nominee to separate him or herself from an unpopular incumbent, as much as we love Joe Biden. None of those things happened.”
– Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), one of the first congressional Democrats to publicly call for Biden to step aside after the debate
SOURCE:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/06/democrats-blame-biden-trump-win-00188092
Inflation Backlash Theory
“The incumbents in every single one of the 10 major countries that have been tracked by the ParlGov global research project and held national elections in 2024 were given a kicking by voters.”
– John Burn-Murdoch, Chief Data Reporter at Financial Times
4. Trump voters were misled
“Diverging realities ultimately affects ballot choices. Americans who answer questions about inflation, crime, and immigration incorrectly are more likely to opt for Trump, while Americans who answer those questions correctly prefer Harris.”
– Clifford Young, Sarah Feldman, Bernard Mendez of Ipsos
