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How Democrats Lost Their Base and Their Message
Donald Trump’s populist pitch bumped Democrats off their traditional place in American politics.Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Democrats lost because we don’t know how to speak everyday American
For most Americans, reality does not conform to language. In fact, it’s the other way around.Politics - The Hill - November 11 -
We’ve lost control of political text messaging — here’s how we can rein it in
It didn't used to be this way, and it doesn’t have to be.Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Democratic strategist on the party's economic message
A CBS News exit poll found that 45% of voters felt that their financial situation was worse than it was four years ago. Hyma Moore, the former director for the office of Democratic National ...Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
Democratic Congressman on the party's messaging, focus
Democratic leaders are divided over what to blame for their 2024 election losses. Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts joins "The Daily Report" to discuss the party's messaging and focus.Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Trump, Harris seek to rally base with closing health messages
As the election draws to a close, Vice President Harris has put abortion access at the center of her closing message, while President Trump is leaning into his own health care pitch: Robert F. ...Politics - The Hill - November 5 -
Jill Stein argues 'Democrats betrayed their base'
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein argued that Democrats “betrayed their base” and that the leaders of the party need to step aside to “allow a proper opposition” to fill in. "The ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Democrats’ Message at COP29 Climate Talks: Don’t Panic
American officials are seeking to assure the world that U.S. climate action won’t end with the return of Donald Trump as president.World - The New York Times - November 16 -
Bernie Sanders Says Democrats Have Lost Their Way
An interview with the Vermont senator on the fallout of the election defeat.Top stories - The New York Times - November 15 -
The Democrats’ next campaign should appeal to their base, not swing voters | Steve Phillips
Democratic strategists want to ‘persuade’ over voters. But the real problem is Democratic voters not showing up to polls. Many people are drawing the wrong conclusions about what happened in the ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Democrats alarmed Harris’s economic message isn’t breaking through
Democrats are frustrated that Vice President Harris hasn't done more to sell her economic message and worry that former President Trump continues to have a sizeable advantage on what many voters ...Politics - The Hill - October 29 -
Democrats’ commitment to the democracy message could cost them the election
Voters aren’t buying it; they see democracy — a term so vague its projected disappearance is hard to imagine — as immaterial, and Trump’s threats to it implausible.Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
Rubio: Democrats lost election because they think Americans are ‘dummies’
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) argued that Democrats and Vice President Harris lost the presidential election because they think Americans are “dummies.” “Their attitude is, 'You guys are a bunch of ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Rep. Clyburn responds to Sen. Sanders saying Democrats lost working class
Democrats and their allies are grappling with how Vice President Kamala Harris fell short to President-elect Donald Trump in the race for the White House. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
The Democrats lost because they ran a weak and out-of-touch campaign | Bhaskar Sunkara
The party, increasingly divorced from workers, leaned too much on an activist base instead of a voting base. I turned on MSNBC after the election results came in and this, verbatim, was the ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
‘They blew it’: Democrats lost 22,000 votes in Michigan’s heavily Arab American cities
Trump’s courting of Arab American voters and the Biden-Harris Gaza policy turned votes away from the Democrat. Kamala Harris received at least 22,000 fewer votes than Joe Biden did four years ...World - The Guardian - November 9 -
Moulton says Democrats not grasping 'depth' of election losses: 'We lost big'
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) said Democrats are not grasping the “depth” of election losses last week, arguing the party should have performed better across the board, but instead “lost big.” “I ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
Maher: Democrats lost due to ‘anti-common sense agenda’
Comedian and television personality Bill Maher blamed the Democratic party's "aggressively anti-common sense agenda" for losing The White House, both chambers of Congress and the Supreme Court. "I ...Politics - The Hill - November 16 -
Top Democrat says party lost election because of ‘overreliance on consultants and pollsters’
Democrats are facing questions about how to move forward after a sweeping election loss. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss why Americans still voted for Trump ...Politics - NBC News - November 19 -
How Trump Won, and How Harris Lost, the 2024 Presidential Election
He made one essential bet: that his grievances would become the grievances of the MAGA movement, and then the G.O.P., and then more than half the country. It paid off.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
Union bosses say Democrats need to overhaul their vision to recapture the working class
President Joe Biden proudly called himself the most pro-labor president in American history, but working-class voters moved further than ever from their traditional home in the Democratic Party in ...Politics - NBC News - November 18 -
How Volkswagen Lost Its Way in China
A brutal price war, sudden shifts in consumer demand and human rights issues in Xinjiang have left VW stumbling in a market it led for 40 years.Business - The New York Times - October 31 -
How Trump won — and Harris lost — the 2024 election
Democrats’ recriminations started immediately, but Trump’s victory was decisive enough that there may have been little Kamala Harris could have done.Politics - NBC News - November 8 -
How Southwest Airlines Lost Its Groove
For decades, the company made money even as other airlines stumbled and went bankrupt. But the carrier has struggled to adapt to changes in air travel.Business - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
How Draymond's halftime message sparked Warriors' comeback win
A halftime speech from Draymond Green was a catalyst for the Golden State Warriors' comeback win over the New Orleans Pelicans.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 30 -
How Everyday Language Can Transform Your Business Message
Choose your words wisely because they can create wealth, waste, trust or suspicion.Business - Inc. - November 16 -
Democratic strategist says her party has lost 'common sense' and the ability to speak to 'normal people'
Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky hit the party over what she said is a lack of "common sense" and an inability to "speak to people like they're normal" just days after Vice President Harris's ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
‘A fatal miscalculation’: masculinity researcher Richard Reeves on why Democrats lost young men
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz had an opportunity to win a demographic that swung toward Trump – but they didn’t fight for it, says the author. ‘A big cratering’: an expert on gen Z’s surprise votes ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
Democrats won 4 big Senate races in states Harris lost. Their ads looked very different.
Vice President Kamala Harris couldn’t win Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada or Arizona. But her party still did: Democratic Senate candidates in each of those battlegrounds emerged victorious, even as ...Politics - NBC News - November 13 -
Democrats Lost by Not Connecting With Voters’ Economic Pain. 12 Simple Words Can Help You Avoid Their Mistake
People don’t care what you know until they know that you care.Business - Inc. - November 13 -
Impeachment has lost its ‘utility’ to act as a check on the president, says House Democrat
The judge overseeing President-elect Trump’s election interference case grants Special Counsel Jack Smith’s motion to dismiss the case. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) joins Meet the Press NOW to react ...Politics - NBC News - 14 hours ago -
How Democrats Made It Easy for Trump
Why the 2024 election’s outcome was uniquely foreseeable.Top stories - The New York Times - November 8 -
How the Democrats can win in 2028
If the party changes, the US rightwing realignment won’t lastBusiness - Financial Times - November 13 -
How worried should stock-market investors be about a ‘lost decade’?
It’s theoretically possible that the stock market will play out a “Roaring ‘20s” scenario for the rest of this decade.Business - MarketWatch - October 28 -
Destiny 2: How To Get Manifested Pages During Festival Of The Lost 2024
Destiny 2's Festival of the Lost has officially begun for 2024. It's similar to the past, but things have been simplified: Spectral Pages have been removed entirely, meaning you can stay focused ...Tech - GameSpot - October 29 -
How a Diver Found a Ring Lost 50 Years Ago Near Barbados
A dive instructor found the well-preserved ring with a metal detector, and then used clues on the ring to try and track down its owner.World - The New York Times - November 13 -
Paradise lost? How cruise companies are ‘eating up’ the Bahamas
Another vast tourist resort project promising jobs and prosperity. But critics say such developments imperil the pristine environments they advertise. Read more in this series Joseph Darville ...World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago -
‘Here’s how it feels’: how a Lebanese businessman lost everything in five years of turmoil and war
Beirut property developer among many denied access to fortunes by banks after a financial crisis and now reeling from effects of Israel’s airstrikes. From the balcony of his flat in a monied suburb ...World - The Guardian - November 16