{"id":2385084,"date":"2024-12-31T14:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-hopes-democrats-will-remake-partys-thinking-going-forward-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T14:13:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:13:40","slug":"stacey-abrams-hopes-democrats-will-remake-partys-thinking-going-forward-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-hopes-democrats-will-remake-partys-thinking-going-forward-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams hopes Democrats will \u2018remake\u2019 party\u2019s thinking going forward &#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\">26<\/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%2Fstacey-abrams-hopes-democrats-will-remake-partys-thinking-going-forward-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=2385084&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>Stacey Abrams, the \u2064former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">gubernatorial candidate<\/a> in \u200dGeorgia, emphasized the need for\u200b the democratic Party to reevaluate\u200d its current state and adapt \u2064its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">strategies moving forward<\/a>. Following the party&#8217;s critically importent losses in the 2024 elections\u2014including the presidential election and control of Congress\u2014Abrams suggested that the Democratic Party should \u2064draw\u200c inspiration from former President\u200b Jimmy Carter\u2019s innovative approach during the\u2062 1970s. She highlighted Carter&#8217;s unique journey from \u200ca Georgia governor to the \u2064presidency and urged the party to \u2063embrace a vision\u200d for the future that acknowledges the complexities of the present landscape. Abrams believes this is an prospect for the Democrats to be bolder in their decisions, learning from past experiences and evolving with each\u200c election.  <\/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\">Stacey Abrams hopes Democrats will &lsquo;remake&rsquo; party&rsquo;s thinking going forward<\/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_1924702\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stacey-abrams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Stacey Abrams<\/a> suggested the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic Party<\/a> needs to properly assess the &ldquo;complexity&rdquo; of its current state in the future, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3269631\/democrats-hammered-lack-leadership-election-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">some Democrats argued lacks clarity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The 2024 election saw the Democratic Party lose the presidential election between President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, with the party also losing control of the Senate and failing to retake the House. In reflecting on what the future holds for her party, Abrams expressed hope the party could look to former President Jimmy Carter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3271956\/jimmy-carter-dead-former-president-dies-at-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">who died Sunday<\/a>, and the &ldquo;innovation&rdquo; he brought to the party in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3272788\/jimmy-carter-lie-in-state-capitol-funeral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JIMMY CARTER TO LIE IN STATE AT CAPITOL BEFORE FUNERAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When he won the presidency in 1976, he did something no one had ever done: this governor from Georgia took himself to Iowa and essentially remade Democratic politics,&rdquo; Abrams said on MSNBC. &ldquo;We have to remake how we think about our future. We have to do it by understanding the complexity of where we are but by having a vision for what is to come. I think more than anything what Jimmy Carter tells us about the politics of the south is that we are constantly learning, we have absolutely every opportunity with each election to pick something new to be braver than we were the time before.&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=2739958&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=a1945a3bcb7070bc8edf19840aad9a20\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ahead of Trump&rsquo;s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Tiana Lowe Doescher suggested the party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3273095\/democrats-need-distance-geriatric-branding-tiana-lowe-doescher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">needs to address two major factors going forward<\/a>: its perception that it has &ldquo;geriatric&rdquo; leadership and ditching its &ldquo;unpopular&rdquo; policies.<\/p>\n<p>On the topic of Trump&rsquo;s victory, Abrams said it was not the &ldquo;seismic shift&rdquo; that some have portrayed it to be, pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220313\/donald-trump-popular-vote-victory-gut-democrats-attempt-undermine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">how Trump won the popular vote<\/a> by about 1.5% and only won &ldquo;less than 50% of the electorate.&rdquo; In the Electoral College, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.270towin.com\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump managed to win all seven battleground states over Harris<\/a>, including Nevada, a state not won by a Republican candidate since former President George W. Bush <a href=\"https:\/\/www.270towin.com\/2004_Election\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sought reelection in 2004<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Democrats entering 2025 without control of the White House, Senate, or House, the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Byron York argued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3270653\/democrats-have-no-one-to-lead-opposition-to-trump-going-into-2025-byron-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the party has &ldquo;no one&rdquo; to lead its opposition to Trump or his agenda<\/a>. As part of the next steps for the party, he encouraged its members to have a proper debate about what went wrong in 2024, be it a messaging problem or the policies it pushed.<\/p>\n<p>Among Republicans, Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3273073\/trump-advises-republicans-united-confirmation-battles-democratic-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sought to unify his party ahead of the vote for House speaker<\/a> this Friday, which could get the party&rsquo;s 2025 off to a rough start. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> has given his endorsement to House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) to retain his seat, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3272174\/victoria-spartz-mike-johnson-speakership-trump-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">it is not yet clear if the speaker has enough votes<\/a>.<\/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_1924702\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1924702\"}});<\/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>Stacey Abrams urges Democrats to rethink their future strategy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2385085,"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\/07\/Stacey-Abrams-Joe-Biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,47670,32504,34385,32076],"class_list":["post-2385084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-party-reform","tag-political-strategy","tag-stacey-abrams","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Stacey-Abrams-Joe-Biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385084","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385084"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385088,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385084\/revisions\/2385088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}