The DNC has seen to the exposure of the public in the reasons why they were so beaten in 2024….my thought it is decaying corpse of a political party.
The 2024 election “was a punch to the gut, and people were pissed off,” Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin wrote Thursday in a statement accompanying the report’s release. “How, we all asked, could Democrats have lost to Donald Trump again? How did we blow through billions of dollars? And where do we go from here?”
The resulting report paints a bleak picture for Democrats. “We must admit and accept some hard truths about our Party,” it cautions. “Since the high point of the 2008 Obama landslide…the Democratic Party has vacillated between stagnation and retrogression. In doing so, we have lost the confidence we once received from everyday Americans—and election results show it. In the sixteen tumultuous years since that historic election, Democrats have lost ground at every level of government.”
This is actually the first time in more than a decade that Democrats have publicly taken any such introspection.
https://reason.com/2026/05/22/democrats-tried-to-bury-2024-election-autopsy/
The party did not need this ‘autopsy’….The party had the wrong candidates, the wrong issues, and were controlled by special interests….see how hard was that?
Come on let’s be honest…..the Dems were and still are….pathetic….
Well, the much-ballyhooed autopsy on the 2024 election has arrived from Democratic National Committee’s headquarters, and it is a shame it didn’t stay buried in a trashcan in one of their offices deep inside the Beltway, and as far away from real people as possible.
Before moving on just as quickly as I can, from this unmitigated mess of typos, redactions, double-talking and sniping — and better yet, the leadership who allowed it — I want to underline some finer points, and hard-earned lessons we can take from it, and the disastrous 2024 campaign season.
First, given all the unprofessionalism, money-wasting, bickering, and out and out dysfunction in the party, it’s a wonder Kamala Harris didn’t lose by 25 points. It is clear that because of a series of self-inflicted wounds, the Democrats were not ready to do battle during the most important election in U.S. history.
https://www.alternet.org/dem-autopsy/
Now the DNC is scrambling….but it matters not for they will continue to lose….the DNC purged any and all members that had good sound ideas that conflicted with the special interest agents that now dwell within the DNC.
A new election is on the horizon….does anyone see anything that will lead us to believe that the Dems are capable of winning a national election? So far most of the Dems have done nothing but complain….that will not fly in the next election.
I do not see it….do you?
Time to find a political party that will actually treat you and the rest of us with some sort of respect.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
The problem with the dems right now is that there is no unifying voice or idea driving the party any longer. What they have is a collection of ‘what ifs”, “oh wouldn’t it be nice if we did this or that”., or “we kind of don’t like that”. There’s no focus, no drive, no passion there any longer. At least not at the national level.
All that does not bode well for 2028 chuq
I agree completely. They badly need to be focused on what they want to accomplish, and even more importantly, focused on a potential candidate for president. And they aren’t really doing either. At this point in time they should have a potential candidate in mind and should already be focusing public attention on him/her. They should be defining what platform they’re going to run on and picking one ore two key issues to focus on and hammer the GOP over. Instead what we have is pretty much nothing.
At the state level we don’t seem to have that problem. At least here in Wisconsin. The democratic candidates here seem focused, in touch with what voters want, and haven’t been afraid to go jump head first into even controversial topics. The result is we’re in a situation where for the first time in years the dems may have a chance to turn at least one of the houses of the state legislature.
The governor’s office is up for grabs too, and that’s a different story. We have a mish mash of assorted dems fighting it out for the upcoming primary, and none of them are really very good and all of them come with significant “baggage”. The only saving grace here is that the GOP candiate,Tiffany, is probably the worst possible candidate the GOP could field. I could probably run one of my cats against him and the cat would have a 50/50 chance of winning because he’s so widely disliked. The only thing he has going for him is he’s backed by Trump and that doesn’t carry the same weight that it once did.
I wish my state was so lucky….the Dems are not in any position to challenge the GOP thanx to gerrymandering and the lack of concern from the voter. chuq
Even someone like me living in a foreign country could have told your Democtars where they went wrong before that last election. This ‘autopsy’ was a complete waste of time.
Best wishes, Pete.
I agree but then there is why try to keep it a secret? chuq
Assuming that Trump and his Republican henchmen aren’t successful in rigging this year’s midterm elections (that’s an unwise assumption to make, but for the sake of argument….), the Democrats might benefit from Trump pissing off so many supporters who voted for him in 2024. Enough of those folks might just sit this election out or defect which could swing the balance to the Dems by default. If that does happen, it would be a huge mistake for Dems to declare victory (which is what they’d probably do). That result would only mean that American voters had rejected Trumpism.
What I see on a daily basis is a lot of hatred towards Trump and a lot of mistrust of Democrats. People feel abandoned by America’s political class. This is how democracy dies.
Robert I live in the Deep South and Donny just keeps getting stronger no mater what he does to them…..how sad is that chuq
It’s very sad. Up until the 2024 election, I had a good record of assessing voter trends. Not anymore. There are too many unknown variables now. But if the Dems don’t win this year’s midterms, they are in big trouble. Nobody likes a loser especially losers nobody respects.
I still thinki that racism will be the decider in 2028…..and you are right about the losers…..chuq
It’s a race to the bottom with the Rs and the Ds. As Robert says the people who aren’t maga are pissed off at trump and the dems have no strategy but to hope that’s enough. It’s pathetic embarrassing and tiresome.
Very tiresome….but how pissed are the GOPers when the vote comes. chuq
Yeah, I’m really not happy with the autopsy either. I’m very passionate about volunteering for my county Democratic Party and we have some really great local candidates that I love, but everyone is justifiably frustrated with the national leadership, or lack of it.
To be truthful I have not found many Dem candidates lately that fill me with confidence….most echo the failed policies of the national party…..chuq
Hmmmmm…maybe it depends on where in the country we are? I’m in the western burbs of Portland and we’ve got some really great ones out here. Wishing you better candidates in the future!