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James Carville demands Democrats ditch 'performative woke politics,' embrace economic 'rage'

Democratic strategist James Carville called for his party to embrace a "economic rage" platform and abandon performative woke politics to win back rural voters. Read More

Poll: Voters favor Democrats by double digits if midterms were today

Independent voters in the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll said they would select a Democrat over a Republican by a 2-to-1 margin. Read More

Democrats “defined everything by identity,” Pete Buttigieg says in critique of his party

The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability. Read More

Democrats dominate as economic woes take a toll on Trump’s GOP. Takeaways from Election Day 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. And while a debate about the future of the Democratic Party may have only ... Read More

The real reason why Democrats are so unpopular

The Democratic Party has spent most of the past decade deciding to lose. Or so argues a new report from Welcome PAC, an organization that backs center-left candidates, so as to build “a big-tent ... Read More

There’s a Good Identity Politics—and Then There’s Karine Jean-Pierre

Karine Jean-Pierre, who served as press secretary in the Biden administration, is doing a round of interviews to plug her new book, Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party ... Read More

Democrats pitch alternatives for Trump's ballroom: From the Politics Desk

Convert it into a museum: Saikat Chakrabarti, a Democrat who’s running for retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat in California, suggested turning the ballroom into a Smithsonian-run museum. If elected, he ... Read More