Despite the tears, the anger and the hand-wringing, there is a path forward for the Democratic Party.

We must get our voters back.

There are many reasons why we lost this cycle. It’s never one thing.

But the reality of 2024 is that a president with a consistent 39% approval rating, despite his historical achievements, would always need help convincing the public for a second term.

Unless the Democratic nominee was going to buck the perceived status quo, headwinds were inevitable, regardless of Trump’s overwhelming disqualifications.

As someone who has been rooting for Kamala Harris since Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016, it’s a hard truth to accept.

As the American Dream has become less attainable for the middle class, perpetual anger has driven the electorate.

Since 2016, voters constantly seek “change” and rebel against what they view as the incumbency. That’s how we can go from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, to Joe Biden, to Trump again.

That doesn’t mean our losses had to be as brutal as they were.

Our messaging has grown stale, and our........

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