{"id":2507020,"date":"2025-11-05T11:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2025-blue-wave-is-not-a-swing-state-model-for-democrats-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:46:02","slug":"2025-blue-wave-is-not-a-swing-state-model-for-democrats-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2025-blue-wave-is-not-a-swing-state-model-for-democrats-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 blue wave is not a &#8216;swing state model&#8217; for Democrats: Joe Concha"},"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\">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%2F2025-blue-wave-is-not-a-swing-state-model-for-democrats-joe-concha%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=2507020&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 article discusses the implications of the 2025 elections for the Democratic party&#8217;s strategy heading into the 2026 midterm elections. Washington Examiner&#8217;s Joe Concha warns Democrats against using the same approach that led to their recent off-year election victories in traditionally blue states, as this could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >alienate important working-class<\/a> and union voters in key swing states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, and Georgia. Concha highlights the diversity of voter bases, noting that while candidates like New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani succeeded by appealing to younger, diverse urban voters, this model may not work in states with significant working-class populations.<\/p>\n<p>Former Senator Joe Manchin, who left the Democratic Party in 2024, echoed concerns that Democrats have 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>, who feel the party focuses more on individuals &#8220;who don&#8217;t work or won&#8217;t work.&#8221; the economy&#8217;s future performance, influenced by factors like President Donald Trump&#8217;s tariffs, will also heavily impact the 2026 elections; if the economy falters, socialist-leaning policies advocating for &#8220;free stuff&#8221; could gain traction.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, simultaneously occurring, attribute their 2025 losses to demographic shifts and external factors like the government shutdown and Trump&#8217;s absence on the ballot. GOP figures such as Vivek Ramaswamy and Governor Ron DeSantis emphasize focusing on affordability and moving away from identity politics to regain voter support. DeSantis also points to demographic changes in places like New jersey as reasons for Republican defeats despite strong candidates. the 2025 election results are seen as a cautionary tale rather than a clear indicator or &#8220;swing state model&#8221; for the upcoming midterms.  <\/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\">2025 blue wave is not a &lsquo;swing state model&rsquo; for Democrats: Joe Concha<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2392295\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Joe Concha said Wednesday the Democratic Party would be &ldquo;wise&rdquo; to not use the same election strategy last night in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3873683\/gop-pennsylvania-voter-turnout-efforts-2026-elections\/\">2026 midterm elections<\/a>, as this could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-whatley-lara-trump-elected-to-lead-rnc\/\" title=\"Michael Whatley and Lara Trump chosen as RNC leaders\">alienate key voting blocs<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3875754\/democrats-off-year-elections-emboldening-against-trump\/\">Democrats swept the 2025 elections <\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3875754\/democrats-off-year-elections-emboldening-against-trump\/\">nationwide<\/a>, with notable victories in the gubernatorial races in&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3873467\/jack-ciattarelli-mikie-sherrill-new-jersey-governor-election\/\">New Jersey<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3866711\/spanberger-earle-sears-virginia-woman-governor-2025-election\/\">Virginia<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3871226\/zohran-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa-new-york-city-mayor-race\/\">New York City mayoral election<\/a><\/span>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3871493\/california-proposition-50-redistricting-result\/\">California&rsquo;s Proposition 50<\/a>. The night prior, former West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3024128\/joe-manchin-leaves-democratic-party-and-registers-as-independent-2\/\">who left the Democratic Party in May 2024<\/a>, said on <em>The Daily Show<\/em> that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vyZ9j44Kg4M\">Democrats lost working-class voters in West Virginia<\/a> because they believed the party spends more time on people who &ldquo;don&rsquo;t work or won&rsquo;t work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3876126\/maga-celebrates-trump-election-anniversary\/\">After crushing defeat, MAGA pauses to recall Trump victory a year ago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3423121\/abigail-spanberger-democratic-candidate-virginia-governor\/\">Who is Abigail Spanberger? Meet Virginia&#8217;s Democratic governor-elect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3875931\/tiana-lowe-doescher-shutdown-designed-help-election-democrats\/\">Tiana Lowe Doescher says shutdown was &lsquo;designed&rsquo; to help &lsquo;juice up&rsquo; election win for Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Concha said the results of next year&rsquo;s election will vary by state and agreed with Manchin&rsquo;s assessment. He pointed to New York City as an example, noting that <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">mayor-elect<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3875808\/mamdani-issues-challenge-to-trump-in-victory-speech\/\">&nbsp;Zohran Mamdani&nbsp;<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-reporter-stunned-by-turnout-at-trumps-rally-in-the-bronx-certainly-a-bigger-crowd-than-democrats-would-like-to-see\/\" title=\"CNN reporter surprised by the large turnout at ...s rally in the Bronx, noting it&#039;s more than ... expected\">drew significant support<\/a> from younger college students, young women, and voters born outside the United States. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s fine in New York, but Democrats are going to have a real problem in purple states where the working class, union workers, steelworkers, United Auto Workers, people that work in the restaurant industry, places like Pennsylvania and Michigan, Arizona, other states like North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, they are going to have some real problems there if they are alienating those types of folks,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends First<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/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?id=3219412&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=bcd1774f748b224b439ded4f1a573bb8\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;So Democrats, they&rsquo;d be wise not to look at these elections yesterday as some sort of road map. Just because they won in blue states, it is not a swing state model, guys,&rdquo; Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>Concha also said the economy&rsquo;s performance will play a major role in the 2026 elections, breaking down how it will be impacted by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3873138\/trump-tariffs-case-latest-supreme-court-look-at-presidential-powers\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s tariffs<\/a> and if the economy &ldquo;really starts to take off.&rdquo; If this doesn&rsquo;t happen, Concha said &ldquo;socialists&rdquo; can make the argument for the &ldquo;free stuff model.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump blamed the Republican Party&rsquo;s losses on Tuesday on his lack of presence on the ballot and the government shutdown. He also wrote <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115495225031046506\">&ldquo;&hellip;AND SO IT BEGINS!&rdquo;<\/a> in a Truth Social post late Tuesday night, possibly referring to the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3875845\/2025-election-takeaways-republicans-lost-and-they-know-it\/\"><strong>2025 ELECTION TAKEAWAYS: REPUBLICANS LOST AND THEY KNOW IT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3328723\/vivek-ramaswamy-enters-ohio-governors-race\/\">who is currently running for Governor in Ohio<\/a>, encouraged Republicans to &ldquo;focus on affordability&rdquo; and &ldquo;cut out the identity politics&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1985915130706870526\">in a video<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight, I joined Sean Hannity on Fox News to discuss election night. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3RRmZBTin3\">pic.twitter.com\/3RRmZBTin3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/1985902664576610422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2025<\/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> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3868004\/ron-desantis-florida-university-leaders-stop-issuing-h1b-visas\/\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em> that changing voting demographics are responsible for the Republican Party&rsquo;s 2025 losses. He explained Republican gubernatorial candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3875300\/trump-brags-orthodox-jews-showed-up-big-for-jack-ciattarelli-new-jersey-election\/\">Jack Ciattarelli<\/a> would&rsquo;ve won his election in both 2021 and Tuesday night had Republican voters in New Jersey not moved out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>2025 blue wave isn&#8217;t a swing state model, warns Concha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2507022,"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\/2025\/11\/AP25309184525109.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[66530,3685,66531],"class_list":["post-2507020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-2025-blue-wave","tag-democrats","tag-swing-state-model"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25309184525109.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507020","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=2507020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507025,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507020\/revisions\/2507025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}