Democrats simply can’t fathom how they lost because they’ve become the party of elites, cut off from what ordinary working class voters are thinking.


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Originally Published: <time datetime="2024-11-06 14:43:54">November 6, 2024 at 2:43 PM EST</time>

Democrats simply can’t fathom how they lost because they’ve become the party of elites, cut off from what ordinary working class voters are thinking.{ai:summary}<p>Democrats struggle to understand their electoral losses, attributing it to a disconnect with ordinary working-class voters. The party is perceived as increasingly aligned with elite interests. </p><p>#politics</p>

Battenfeld: Clueless Democrats making excuses for Harris’s resounding loss to Trump

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