{"id":2366488,"date":"2024-11-09T11:57:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T16:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-professes-positive-outlook-for-democrats-despite-election-blow-and-low-morale-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-09T11:58:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T16:58:57","slug":"pelosi-professes-positive-outlook-for-democrats-despite-election-blow-and-low-morale-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-professes-positive-outlook-for-democrats-despite-election-blow-and-low-morale-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi professes positive outlook for Democrats despite election blow and low morale &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fpelosi-professes-positive-outlook-for-democrats-despite-election-blow-and-low-morale-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=2366488&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>In a recent interview with the New York Times, Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u200dexpressed optimism regarding the Democratic Party&#8217;s \u2064future following a challenging election outcome. Despite \u2063significant\u2064 setbacks, including President-elect\u200d Donald Trump&#8217;s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, Pelosi insisted that the election results \u2062weren&#8217;t as devastating for the Democrats as many have suggested. She highlighted successes\u2063 among\u200b frontline\u200c candidates despite the\u200d broader Republican gains, particularly in working-class demographics.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi rejected claims from some party members, like Senator Bernie Sanders, who stated\u2062 that\u200c Democrats had\u2064 abandoned the\u2063 working\u2063 class. While acknowledging\u2063 the \u2064struggles of\u200d Harris with voters earning \u200dunder $100,000, she attributed \u2063the support\u2062 shift to cultural issues alongside perceptions of the Biden administration&#8217;s policies. \u200bFurthermore, she noted concerning trends in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-flip-school-boards-in-wave-of-education-wins\/\" title=\"Conservatives Flip School Boards In Wave Of Education Wins\">traditionally blue areas<\/a> like California and \u200bNew York, where Democrats \u2062have seen declining support.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 addressing the erosion of support \u200din these regions, Pelosi emphasized\u200c strategic campaigning, pointing out the Democratic success in \u2062flipping House seats in New York \u2062despite challenges. She credited President Biden&#8217;s choice to step down \u2062as the nominee for helping to protect House seats, though control remains uncertain.\u200d Pelosi\u2064 maintained \u2063a viewpoint of resilience and tactical focus for setting future party strategies.  <\/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\">Pelosi professes positive outlook for Democrats despite election blow and low morale<\/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_1877271\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Speaker Emirata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Nancy-Pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> offered a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">glass-half-full view<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democratic-Party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic Party<\/a> after election results dealt a substantial blow to party morale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In her first long-form interview since the election on Nov. 5, Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/09\/magazine\/nancy-pelosi-election-interview.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">spoke with the <em>New York Times<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>about the many causes of President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s triumph over Vice President Kamala Harris, and the down-ballot outcomes as well. She repeatedly refuted evidence that the Democratic party has lost support among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/\" title=\"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize\">working-class voters<\/a>, and insisted the election was not as detrimental to the party as a whole as has been reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220757\/what-happens-donald-trump-president-elect\/\"><strong>WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT TRUMP IS PRESIDENT-ELECT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, what we call our frontline candidates, by and large, won in places where the Republicans were raging with their vote for the president and the Senate,&rdquo; Pelosi said. &ldquo;The House members did very well. As I say, it&rsquo;s still a possibility that we can win, but just that it&rsquo;s a possibility tells you that the House ran against the tide.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She also opposed the analysis of some in her party, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1854271157135941698?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> the Democratic Party had &ldquo;abandoned working class people&rdquo; in his post-election reaction. <\/p>\n<p>Harris struggled with voters who make under $100,000 compared to President Joe Biden. In 2020, he secured 56% of the vote among that group. Harris lost the group to Trump 50% to 46%. This is one in a long list of subgroups of working-class voters who swung toward the Republican ticket.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t respect [Sanders] saying that the Democratic Party has abandoned the working-class families,&rdquo; Pelosi said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s where we are. For example, under President Biden, you see the rescue package, money in the pockets of people, shots in the arm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">children<\/a> in school safely, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-confident-congress-will-deliver-spending-infrastructure-bills\/\" title=\"Biden \u2018confident\u2019 Congress will deliver spending, infrastructure bills\">working people back<\/a> to work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3162079\/trump-cabinet-names-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>NAMES SWIRL FOR TRUMP SECOND CABINET AS TRANSITION TEAM MEETS WHITE HOUSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked why people making under $100,000 didn&rsquo;t vote for Harris explained it with &ldquo;cultural&rdquo; issues &ndash; &ldquo;Guns, God and gays.&rdquo; However, she relented that cultural issues cannot entirely explain the result, saying the perception of the Biden administration&rsquo;s policies played into Harris&rsquo;s struggle. <\/p>\n<p>Pelosi also played off the erosion of support for Democrats in reliably blue areas, such as California and New York City&rsquo;s boroughs. <\/p>\n<p>California trended red, despite being a Democratic stronghold and Harris&rsquo;s home state. Ten out of 58 counties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/california-turning-red-which-counties-voted-for-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">flipped<\/a> from blue in 2020 to red in 2024, including Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Fresno, and Butte counties. Many are in southern California, close to the border. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This California electoral map should deeply concern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheDemocrats<\/a> leaders, not just because of the red shift, but more so because California is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a> HOME STATE. Former AG &amp; former U.S. Senator no less!<\/p>\n<p>CA should have become much BLUER if anything. What went wrong? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WOLRvwccVt\">pic.twitter.com\/WOLRvwccVt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houmanhemmati\/status\/1854659518493573592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>In New York, Democrats did well in close House races, flipping three seats on election night in addition to the win secured in a special election earlier in the year. However, support for the top of the ticket was down in New York City boroughs Queens and the Bronx, an area that Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) represents. In 2020, Biden won with 84.1% of the vote in the Bronx. In 2024, Harris won with only 67.5% in the same area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3113298\/biden-administration-congress-and-unions-try-to-trump-proof-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, CONGRESS, AND UNIONS TRY TO &lsquo;TRUMP-PROOF SCIENCE&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pelosi sidestepped mention of California in the interview, and downplayed that this erosion of support in Queens and Brooklyn is anything more than a strategic decision on the part of Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We won four seats in New York. You need to focus where you need to focus to win. And the focus was in those seats,&rdquo; Pelosi said. &ldquo;New York knew it was going to go for the Democrat. It was going to go for Kamala Harris. So, within the state, we were focusing on how we increase the number of House races. So we go to those districts. And we go to those districts, and we won those districts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Pelosi also credited Biden&rsquo;s decision to step down as the nominee in July as the reason Democrats were able to &ldquo;save so many House seats.&rdquo; Control of the House has not yet been decided but is trending toward Republicans. Pelosi insisted there is still a chance they could win the majority in the lower chamber. Regardless, Republicans won control of the White House and Senate, and will enjoy a conservative-majority <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Supreme-Court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the negative headwinds for Democrats, Pelosi struck a positive tone when speaking about the future of the party, saying, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a pretty exciting road ahead.&rdquo; The general tone of analysts and party members has been more cautious, with many opining it will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-todays-gop-is-standing-up-for-the-american-public\/\" title=\"McCarthy: Today\u2019s GOP is standing up for the American public\">long road ahead<\/a> to recover from this election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It will be a big challenge,&rdquo; former chairman of the House Democratic Caucus Rep.&nbsp;John Larson&nbsp;(D-CT) said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong> <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis called the election an &ldquo;unmitigated disaster,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/democrats-sift-unmitigated-disaster-after-trump-victory-analysis\/story?id=115579655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to ABC News. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That was a wholesale repudiation of the Democratic message, the Democratic strategy, Harris&rsquo; candidacy. There is no way to sugarcoat what an abject disaster this was,&rdquo; Kofinis said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_1877271\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1877271\"}});<\/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>Pelosi maintains optimism for Democrats despite election setbacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2970,"featured_media":2366489,"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\/AP24311755278552.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,44682,3928,33017],"class_list":["post-2366488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-election-outlook","tag-pelosi","tag-political-analysis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24311755278552.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366488","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\/2970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366488"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366492,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366488\/revisions\/2366492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}