{"id":2398672,"date":"2025-02-04T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-you-realize-the-democratic-party-is-down-to-just-20-big-cities-ex-dem-candidate-sounds-panicked-warning\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:39:07","slug":"did-you-realize-the-democratic-party-is-down-to-just-20-big-cities-ex-dem-candidate-sounds-panicked-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-you-realize-the-democratic-party-is-down-to-just-20-big-cities-ex-dem-candidate-sounds-panicked-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Realize the Democratic Party Is Down to Just 20 Big Cities? Ex-Dem Candidate Sounds Panicked Warning"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fdid-you-realize-the-democratic-party-is-down-to-just-20-big-cities-ex-dem-candidate-sounds-panicked-warning%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=2398672&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>The Democratic Party is currently \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-hes-sick-and-tired-of-the-brinksmanship-from-house-republicans\/\" title=\"Biden fed up with House Republicans&#039; &#039;brinksmanship&#039;\">facing significant\u2064 challenges<\/a> \u2062following disappointing outcomes in recent elections, including the 2024 presidential \u2064loss. Recently, Ken Martin was elected as the new chair of the Democratic \u200bNational Committee,\u2063 succeeding a leadership\u200d that\u200d is perceived to lack introspection on the\u200b party&#8217;s declining popularity. Polls indicate that approximately 60% \u2063of Americans view the Democratic Party unfavorably. <\/p>\n<p>critics argue that the party has become dominated by a progressive\u200d agenda that does not resonate with a broader electorate, particularly among demographics that traditionally supported them, like Black and \u200cHispanic voters. This disconnect is attributed to a focus on issues like wokeness and identity politics, which are seen as alienating. notably, former Democratic congressional candidate Adam\u2063 Frisch emphasized that the party has become increasingly \u2063centered on elite, urban concerns, losing touch with \u200bthe priorities of everyday Americans who\u200d face economic pressures. <\/p>\n<p>There are calls\u200b for the party to reassess its priorities to remain relevant in national politics, as the existing direction leads \u200dto \u200cdefections from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-are-forcing-democrats-to-admit-how-radical-the-party-has-become-on-abortion\/\" title=\"Activists Compel ... to Acknowledge ...s Extreme Stance on Abortion\">key voter blocs<\/a> toward\u200b the Republican Party, which is \u200dperceived as more aligned with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">practical issues affecting people&#8217;<\/a>s lives, such as cost of living and border security.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The reputation of the Democratic Party is in the tubes.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats circled the wagons over the weekend to elect new party leadership and decide how to counter President Donald Trump, as chronicled by The Wall Street Journal in one Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/democrats-have-a-new-leader-but-havent-come-to-grips-with-failure-ee77234c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the Journal was not all that optimistic about their chances.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats ultimately elected Ken Martin, the chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, to serve as their next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/good-msnbc-host-applauds-dnc-chair-candidates-blaming-racism-misogyny-kamalas-2024-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national chair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Martin, described by the Journal as a &ldquo;slight 51-year-old in a dark suit and blue tie,&rdquo; was hardly distinguished from his rival, Ben Wikler, the chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>According to the Journal, both repeated platitudes about grassroots organization and appealing to the working class, showing very little serious self-reflection about why the public cannot stand the Democratic Party at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>That is no exaggeration.<\/p>\n<p>One recent poll from the Journal showed that 60 percent of Americans view the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-boycott-trump-nominee-vote-passed-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Party<\/a> unfavorably, eclipsing the 36 percent who still view the coalition favorably.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Frisch, a former Democratic congressional candidate, perfectly described the dismal state of the party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Twenty big cities, Aspen and Martha&rsquo;s Vineyard &mdash; that&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s left of the Democratic Party,&rdquo; he told the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I&rsquo;m not exactly sure those 20 big cities are getting the best version of the Democratic Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The assessment from Frisch, who happens to live in Aspen, is exactly right.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats have increasingly become the party of the elderly, white, college educated progressives, who have the priorities of elderly, white, college educated progressives.<\/p>\n<p>That includes wokeness, abortion, and obscure social issues like climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In the words of the Journal, the assembly of Democratic leaders this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/preelection-iowa-poll-favoring-harris-far-off-final-margins-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Preelection Iowa poll favoring Harris far off final margins - Washington Examiner\">past weekend showed<\/a> that the party is &ldquo;captive to leftist activists, obsessed with divisive litmus tests, out of touch with regular people&rsquo;s concerns and in thrall to a patronizing identity politics that alienates many of the very minorities it is meant to attract.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height: 500px;\" data-embed-height=\"592\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MapPorn\/comments\/1gl630u\/a_mostly_complete_map_of_counties_in_the_2024\/\">A Mostly Complete Map of Counties in the 2024 Presidential Election<\/a><br \/>  by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/ajmeko\/\">u\/ajmeko<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MapPorn\/\">MapPorn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Such priorities have indeed caused an increasing number of defections from black people, Hispanics, and even young people, all of which used to be solidly Democratic voting blocs, over to the Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, anyone who wants cheap groceries and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-governor-appears-admit-hiding-illegal-alien-garage-good-luck-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed border<\/a> is increasingly likely to vote for the Republicans, since the people who run the Democratic Party simply seem to care more for social issues that do not intersect with the everyday lives of Americans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-calls-democrats-purposefully-dela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> need to seriously retool those priorities if they are to retain any national political relevance.<\/p>\n<p>But so far, there is no end in sight to their madness.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Over the weekend, they regrouped to elect new leadership and strategize against President Donald Trump, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. However, the Journal expressed skepticism about their prospects. They chose Ken Martin, chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, as their new national chair. Described as a &#8220;slight 51-year-old in a dark suit and blue tie,&#8221; Martin did not stand out from his opponent Ben Wikler of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders emphasized grassroots organization and working-class appeal but showed little understanding of why public sentiment towards the party is so negative. A recent poll indicated that 60% of Americans view the Democrats unfavorably compared to just 36% who have a favorable opinion. Adam Frisch, a former congressional candidate, aptly summarized the party&#8217;s bleak situation: \u201cTwenty big cities, Aspen and Martha\u2019s Vineyard \u2014 that\u2019s what\u2019s left of the Democratic Party,\u201d suggesting these areas may not represent its best version.<\/p>\n<p>The party has increasingly become associated with older, white progressives focused on issues like wokeness and climate change rather than everyday concerns. The Journal noted that recent gatherings revealed Democrats are &#8220;captive to leftist activists&#8221; and disconnected from regular people&#8217;s issues.<\/p>\n<p>This shift in priorities has led to defections among traditional voting blocs such as Black voters, Hispanics, and young people toward Republicans\u2014those seeking affordable groceries or stricter border policies are more likely to support them now due to perceived neglect from Democrats regarding practical matters affecting daily life. If Democrats wish to maintain political relevance nationally, they must reassess their priorities; however, there seems no indication they will do so anytime soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2398673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/County-Map.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[40041,32923,49785,33017,49786],"class_list":["post-2398672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-big-cities","tag-democratic-party","tag-ex-dem-candidate","tag-political-analysis","tag-urban-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/County-Map.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398672","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398672"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398676,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398672\/revisions\/2398676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}