{"id":2365046,"date":"2024-11-06T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-scarborough-laments-democratic-party-is-as-bleak-as-it-was-in-1984-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T10:15:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T15:15:29","slug":"joe-scarborough-laments-democratic-party-is-as-bleak-as-it-was-in-1984-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-scarborough-laments-democratic-party-is-as-bleak-as-it-was-in-1984-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Scarborough laments Democratic Party is as \u2018bleak\u2019 as it was in 1984 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-scarborough-laments-democratic-party-is-as-bleak-as-it-was-in-1984-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2365046&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough expressed concern regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">current state<\/a> of the Democratic Party,\u2064 likening its challenges to those faced during the 1984 election when Walter Mondale lost\u200b to \u2062Ronald Reagan. Following Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s recent\u200d underperformance in \u200cthe elections, Scarborough noted that Democrats need \u2064to \u2063confront uncomfortable realities about \u200dtheir disconnect from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-student-debt-gamble-unlikely-to-drum-up-voter-enthusiasm\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Student Debt Gamble Unlikely to Drum Up Voter Enthusiasm\">broader electorate<\/a>. He argued that \u200ba simplistic view \u2063that contrasts the \u200cperceived virtues of Democrats against the character of Donald Trump will not suffice for \u2063future electoral successes. Scarborough emphasized that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">party<\/a> must reevaluate its\u2064 strategies and address key issues, including the \u2063border crisis and Trump-related policies, to avoid continuing losses.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Joe Scarborough laments Democratic Party is as &lsquo;bleak&rsquo; as it was in 1984<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1874515\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>MSNBC anchor <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-scarborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Scarborough<\/a> noted how &ldquo;bleak&rdquo; the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic Party<\/a> appeared Wednesday after Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> lost to former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Since Harris underperformed President Joe Biden&rsquo;s 2020 run in every county reported so far, Scarborough hearkened the loss to that of former Vice President&nbsp;Walter Mondale against Ronald Reagan in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At some point, Democrats are going to have to confront some realities that they have not wanted to confront in the past,&rdquo; Scarborough said on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/morning-joe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Morning Joe\">Morning Joe<\/a><\/em>. &ldquo;This morning, this is about as bleak as any time for Democrats since the so-called 1984 San Francisco Democrats. It&rsquo;s time for the Democrats to take a hard and long look at how this happened, and if they just say Trump bad, Democrats virtuous, they&rsquo;re gonna keep losing cause again; this is so widespread. This is not about just Donald Trump. This is about the Democratic Party and being radically disconnected from the rest of the country. Look at the map.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2683690&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=2f8636ad729874845680aaffa1cd2840\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scarborough suggested that the party should have addressed the border and Trump&rsquo;s transgender policies. He pointed to one popular ad of Trump&rsquo;s that featured clips of Harris promising gender-affirming care to prisoners and accused her of being &ldquo;for they\/them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the biggest red wave I&rsquo;ve seen since Ronald Reagan&rsquo;s 49-state victory in 1984,&rdquo; Scarborough said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reagan was much more successful in his 1984 race, as he won 525 Electoral College votes and his opponent at the time only won 13. While the counts are not finished, Harris has won at least <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">224 electoral votes<\/a>, as of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>One notable demographic shift of the 2024 race was the Latino vote. Early estimates report that Trump garnered 45% of the Latino vote, which makes up over 14% of the electorate. Scarborough compared that statistic to when former President George W. Bush swept 44% of the Latino vote in 2004 when they only made up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/11\/8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"8% of eligible voters\">8% of eligible voters<\/a> at the time, but still the statistic &ldquo;sent shock waves,&rdquo; according to Scarborough.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1874515\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1874515\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Scarborough says the Democratic Party is as &#8216;bleak&#8217; as in 1984<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2365047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/kamala-harris-watch-party.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[12163,22045,32923,33540,32171],"class_list":["post-2365046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-12163","tag-bleak","tag-democratic-party","tag-joe-scarborough","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/kamala-harris-watch-party.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365046"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365050,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365046\/revisions\/2365050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}