Democrat Post-Mortem: Working Class Voters Have Deserted the Party Because It Is "Weak," "Woke," and "Out of Touch"

You don't say.

How many millions did you spend to uncover these secrets?

Working-class voters see Democrats as "woke, weak and out-of-touch" and six in 10 have a negative view of the party, concluded a frank internal assessment of the hole the party finds itself in.

The nine-month, 21-state research project is the latest in a wave of post-mortems and data dives aimed at solving the Democratic Party's electoral challenges after their sweeping losses in 2024. It was funded by Democracy Matters, a nonprofit aligned with flagship Democratic super PAC American Bridge 21st Century, and backed by months of polling, dozens of focus groups and message testing.

American Bridge's project focused exclusively on working-class voters, shedding light on a once-core constituency for Democrats that's drifted away from the party over the last decade. And the initial feedback is grim: Working-class voters don't see Democrats as strong or patriotic, while Republicans represent safety and strength for them. These voters "can't name what Democrats stand for, other than being against [Donald] Trump," according to the report.

The Democratic brand "is suffering," as working-class voters see the party as "too focused on social issues and not nearly focused enough on the economic issues that impact every one, every day," the report said.

"We lost people we used to get [in 2024], so why did we lose them? Why don't we go ask them," said Mitch Landrieu, co-chair of Democracy Matters and senior adviser to then-President Joe Biden. "They said what they thought about us and it was painful to hear ... They feel forgotten, left out, and that their issues are not prioritized by the Democratic Party or the Republican Party."

He added, "They want somebody focused first, second and third, on their economic stress."

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Democrats' must focus on affordability, the report emphasized, though its messaging suggestions clash with the strategy of progressives, differing on who to blame for economic strain. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) drew enormous crowds when they barnstormed the country this spring on their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour, attacking billionaires and "the 1 percent."

But in the report, their surveys found "a candidate focused on taking on big corporations and the wealthy" received 43 percent, while a "candidate focused on fixing the economy so those who work hard can get ahead" earned 52 percent.

"Not one person in all of our focus groups mentioned the word 'oligarchy,'" Landrieu said.

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The report identified two areas of particular weakness for Democrats: transgender rights and immigration. Both topics dominated Republican messaging in 2024, particularly Trump's ad that included the tagline, "Kamala is for they/them, President Trump is for you."

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But it also found one-third of independents would be "much more likely" to support Democrats if they said "transgender women should not play in women's sports," the second highest testing message in swaying these voters.

Democrats have split on how to talk about transgender issues. Some, like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, broke with his party to criticize allowing transgender athletes to participate in female college and youth sports, calling it "an issue of fairness" on his podcast last March. In contrast, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasted "do-nothing" Democrats in a speech last spring for "blam[ing] our losses on our defense of Black people, of trans kids, of immigrants -- instead of their own lack of guts and gumption."

Speaking of transgender issues: A woman objected to a man walking around with his dick out in the women's locker room, while she herself was naked.

Instead of ejecting the man, Gold's Gym chose to eject her.

The cops did escort the free-balling pervert out of the gym, though.

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NEW: Woman says her Gold's Gym membership was terminated after a man followed her into the women's locker room.

Tish Hyman (@listen2tish) says she was escorted out of the gym by police after she demanded that men not be allowed in the women's locker room.

"Today he saw me walk into the women's room followed me in and called me a bitch. I ran out into the locker room crying and screaming," Hyman said.

"This is why we can't be quiet because people need to know what's happening. Thank you to the men who helped me today."

"Gold's Gym terminated my membership after the MAN was escorted out by police. Then had me escorted out by officers afterwards."

"It was EMBARRASSING! I left but not before making sure everyone KNEW that they were allowing MEN in the locker room !!!!!"

The incident appears to have occurred at Gold's Gym Beverly Center in Los Angeles.

According to Fox 11, the gym was recently acquired by EoS Fitness.

posted by Ace at 04:20 PM

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