The DNC autopsy won’t address Democrats’ platform problem

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The DNC autopsy won’t address Democrats’ platform problem

Focused on messaging and ad spend, the autopsy ignores Democrats' real problem: their platform

Published May 22, 2026 10:30AM (EDT)

The Democratic National Committee’s 2024 autopsy, which is a report on why the Democrats lost, was released after significant pressure to do so — and it’s left Democrats and critics shocked by its failure to grapple with some of the biggest shortcomings of the 2024 presidential campaign.

The release of the long-awaited report on the party’s 2024 collapse is already being panned and not only for its strange factual errors, lack of citations for its sources and completely missing sections. The autopsy, which was initially released by CNN and authored by Democratic Strategist Paul Rivera, fails to draw the connection between the party’s loss in 2024 and its platform.

It also fails to mention key issues in the campaign, such as foreign policy, and sparse references to other key issues like healthcare, housing and affordability. President Donald Trump, in his 2024 campaign, was able to outflank former Vice President Kamala Harris on some of these issues by running as the anti-war candidate........

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