WTH Is the Path Out of the Wilderness for the Democratic Party? Jay Cost Explains.

The intersectional coalition the Democrats put together in 2024,
comprised of the 1%, coastal, corporate, elites and the 20% on
80/20 issues, is failing to register new voters or execute at the
polls. While they abandon their historic constituencies and adopt
more radical left wing cultural ambitions, it’s not clear how the
Democratic Party will rebuild. Between inflation and immigration,
the Party has antagonized enough voters that they now face a
monster structural problem for elections to come. We ask Jay to
contextualize the history, how they got here, and how this
roadmap will affect the gerrymandering debate, policy, and who
we’ll see on the ballot in 2028.


Jay Cost is the Gerald R. Ford nonresident senior fellow at the
American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on
political theory, Congress, and elections. He is also a visiting
scholar at Grove City College and a contributing editor at the
Washington Examiner. He writes and speaks frequently on American
elections, with a special attention on placing contemporary
trends in historical context.


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