Democrats defeated President Donald J. Trump and captured the Senate last year with a racially diverse coalition that delivered victories by tiny margins in key states like Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin.
Democrats emerged from the 2020 election with full control of the federal government and a pile of lingering questions. In private, party leaders and strategists have been wrestling with a quandary: Why was President Biden’s convincing victory
“The [New Democrat] Coalition is a group of moderate Democrats who want to get things done,” he said. “We’re less about ideology, and more about getting things done. We want to work across the aisle.”……
There are a number of contests in swing and right-leaning districts that are not only poised to expand the Democratic majority but actually tell the true story of liberal politics today…
While the media has made much of progressives prevailing in Democratic primaries, the reality is quite different. “For every one of those progressive triumphs, two moderate Democrats survived challenges in blue districts,”
In 2018 Democrats flipped 41 Republican House seats, 23 of them in districts that Donald Trump won in 2016. This year Democrats are hoping those midterm wins stick for a second round…
By Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.), Opinion Contributor, The Hill
Last month, President Trump declared that Republicans would “easily take back the House.” But one year out from the midterms and one year from the 2020 election, I know he’s flat out wrong.
The most glaring is the results of the 2018 midterm elections, which brought a “blue wave” to Washington stacked with moderate representatives from conservative states like Georgia and Kansas.
The question of electability still tops the list of concerns for many [presidential primary] voters…But there are some folks who know who can win because they’ve done it themselves.
