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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 - 3 days ago -
Democratic strategist Joel Payne on the next steps for the Democratic Party after their loss
Following setbacks in the White House and Senate, Democrats are looking to assess what went wrong in the election. CBS News political contributor Joel Payne joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to talk about ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
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 -
Pennsylvania top election official says that 2020 ligation upheld that "elections were accurate"
Pennsylvania's top election official said Sunday that the commonwealth's 2020 elections were "accurate," while addressing allegations of voter fraud this cycle.Top stories - CBS News - October 27 -
Pennsylvania top election official says that 2020 litigation upheld that "elections were accurate"
Top election officials from two battleground states, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Al Schmidt and Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, tell "Face the Nation with Margaret ...Politics - CBS News - October 27 -
When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?
Why supermajority thinking is urgently needed on the left.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
‘If Harris wins, it’s because of abortion’: election tests fallout from Roe reversal
Arizona is one of 10 states with abortion, a top voting issue, on ballots. Could a Trump presidency unravel measures?. Ten states with abortion rights on the ballot this election day US ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says
The leader of the long-running study said that the drugs did not improve mental health in children with gender distress and that the finding might be weaponized by opponents of the care.Science - The New York Times - October 23 -
CNN polling guru: Democrats in 'deep, dark state because they have no heir apparent'
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten on Monday said Democrats are in a dark place because they have no power or an heir apparent in the wake of Vice President Harris's loss in the presidential ...Politics - The Hill - November 11 -
Safeguards should ‘encourage more faith' in voting process, says top Pennsylvania elections official
Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss how officials are investigating fraudulent voter registration forms and other election integrity issues in ...Politics - NBC News - October 25 -
‘FOMO’ could help drive stocks higher after the election, one top Goldman Sachs strategist says
The upcoming U.S. election has helped inspire a sense of foreboding on Wall Street, judging by the still-elevated level of the Cboe Volatility Index, otherwise known as the VIX or the stock ...Business - MarketWatch - October 28 -
Man arrested in attack on Democratic party campaign office in Arizona
An Arizona man is in custody after police say he shot at a Democratic party campaign office in Phoenix. Jeffrey Michael Kelly, 60, was arrested Tuesday. Officials say they found more than 200 guns ...Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
Third-party candidates could be swing-state spoilers despite strong Democrat efforts
Less than a week before Election Day, third-party candidates still present an unknown factor in key swing states where dozens of Electoral College votes are up for grabs.Top stories - ABC News - November 1 -
Scarborough: Democratic Party 'has been just wiped out this morning'
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said former President Trump's victory in the 2024 election is bigger than just retaining the White House for Republicans. "The scope and scale of this victory is ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Sanders: Democratic Party 'has abandoned working class people'
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday accused the Democratic Party of largely ignoring the priorities of the working class and pointed to that as the biggest reason for why they lost control of ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Bernie Sanders blasts Democratic Party following Kamala Harris loss
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a scathing statement on what he called the Democratic Party's "disastrous" campaign following Kamala Harris' loss.Top stories - ABC News - November 6 -
New York Democrat: Far left has 'outsized impact' in shaping perception of party
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the far left had an “outsized impact” in shaping public perception of the Democratic Party, which he argued hurt them in the 2024 election cycle. In ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Stephen A. Smith: Trump 'annihilation' of Harris ‘a referendum on the Democratic Party'
Sports commentator Stephan A. Smith reflected on President-elect Trump’s victory over Vice President Harris this week, saying the “annihilation” is a larger call for “a referendum on the Democratic ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Axelrod: Democrats becoming 'smarty-pants, suburban, college-educated party'
Political strategist David Axelrod argued Thursday that Democrats are becoming a "smarty-pants, suburban, college-educated party" that could keep losing electorally if it does not change course. ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Texas Democratic Party Chair to step down after brutal defeats
In the aftermath of his party’s brutal shellacking in the 2024 elections, Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa has announced he will step down in March. Over his 12-year tenure, Hinojosa ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Some Democrats blame party's position on transgender rights in part for Harris' loss
Desperate for answers on what went wrong on Election Day, finger-pointing among Democrats and media pundits has been swift.Politics - NBC News - November 8 -
‘No time to pull punches’: is a civil war on the horizon for the Democratic party?
Accusations and recriminations abound as Democrats try to figure out what went wrong after an electoral trouncing. Joe Biden stood before the American people, millions of whom were still reeling ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
The Cheney-loving Democratic party needs a reckoning about war | Stephen Wertheim
Election outcomes have multiple causes, of course. Yet foreign policy was one of the reasons Americans gave Trump the largest Republican victory in decades. Last October, Joe Biden made the most ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
The Democrats must become an anti-establishment party | Robert Reich
The lesson of this election is that Democrats must attack inequality – and not cede working-class voters to Trump. A political disaster such as what occurred last Tuesday gains significance not ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
We warned the Democratic party that disaster was coming. They didn’t listen | Dustin Guastella
Can they change course? Maybe, but they need a message of commonsense solidarity without liberal elitism . Before the election it was clear that Kamala Harris ’s closing message was not landing ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
The Republican and Democratic parties are killing electoral reform across the US | David Daley
There are elements on both right and left who prefer to govern without majorities and view competitive elections as a threat. Ohio’s extreme gerrymanders have enabled more than a decade of ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
The Democrat Picking a Fight With His Party Over Transgender Rights
Even as Democrats rebuked Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts for saying he didn’t want his daughters “getting run over” by “formerly male” athletes, he defended his remarks.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Who does the Democratic party represent? | Alex Bronzini-Vender
No politician can win without a coalition of voters. Do Democrats know who theirs are?. In September 1981, 10 months after Ronald Reagan’s sweeping 44-state victory over Jimmy Carter, 100 leading ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Union calls Democratic party staff layoffs after record fundraising ‘callous’
Leadership accused of betraying party values after sudden announcement of layoffs without severance. The union representing workers at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has accused the ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin launches a bid to lead the DNC
Minnesota Democratic Party chair Ken Martin has formally announced his bid to lead the Democratic National Committee.Politics - NBC News - 15 hours ago -
Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection as House Democratic leader despite party's losses
House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leaderTop stories - ABC News - 8 hours ago -
The Democrats threw away a winnable election
Harris was the wrong candidate, and the consequences could be globalWorld - Financial Times - November 6 -
‘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 - 6 days ago -
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. - 6 days ago -
Election guardrails in 2024 and lost Chopin waltz discovered: Morning Rundown
Election laws, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Puerto Rico, Tony Hinchcliffe, Puerto Rico joke, McDonald's, E. coli outbreak, Jay Johnston, JP Morgan lawsuitsTop stories - NBC News - October 29 -
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