{"id":2507061,"date":"2025-11-05T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2025-blue-wave-is-not-a-swing-state-model-for-democrats-joe-concha-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:59:44","slug":"2025-blue-wave-is-not-a-swing-state-model-for-democrats-joe-concha-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2025-blue-wave-is-not-a-swing-state-model-for-democrats-joe-concha-2\/","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\">24<\/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-2%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=2507061&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 election results for future democratic strategies, particularly the 2026 midterm elections. Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha advises Democrats not to rely on their 2025 &#8220;blue wave&#8221; victories-largely achieved in traditionally Democratic strongholds like New York City, New Jersey, and California-as a model for swing states or purple states. He notes that while Democrats performed well among younger voters, women, and immigrants in urban areas, they <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >risk alienating key working-class voters<\/a> in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, and Georgia if they continue focusing heavily on these demographics.<\/p>\n<p>Former West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who left the Democratic Party in 2024, also highlighted Democrats&#8217; loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-suffering-backlash-for-listless-vessels-comment-provides-a-fun-teachable-lesson-about-insulting-voters\/\" title=\"DeSantis Faces Backlash for Insulting Voters, a Lesson in Respect\">working-class support<\/a> in his state, criticizing the party for focusing more on people &#8220;who don&#8217;t work or won&#8217;t work.&#8221; Concha adds that the economy&#8217;s performance will play a significant role in the 2026 elections, influenced by factors such as President Donald Trump&#8217;s tariff policies. If the economy underperforms, socialists may push their agenda of free benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Republican leaders, responding to the 2025 losses, attribute them to changing demographics and factors like the lack of Trump on the ballot and the government shutdown. Figures like Vivek Ramaswamy suggest Republicans focus on affordability and avoid identity politics, while Gov. Ron DeSantis points to demographic shifts and voter migration as reasons for GOP defeats.the piece stresses that both parties must tailor their strategies carefully for the 2026 midterms, as success in blue states does not guarantee victories in swing or purple states.  <\/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<\/em> columnist Joe Concha said Wednesday that the Democratic Party would be &ldquo;wise&rdquo; not to use its 2025 election strategy 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 it could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-whatley-lara-trump-elected-to-lead-rnc\/\" title=\"Michael Whatley and Lara ... chosen as RNC leaders\">alienate key voting blocs<\/a>.<\/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 Sen. 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\/3876201\/cnn-van-jones-scott-jennings-blast-zohran-mamdani-speech\/\">CNN&rsquo;s Van Jones and Scott Jennings blast Mamdani&rsquo;s &lsquo;divisive&rsquo; victory speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3875930\/eu-us-china-trade-deal-to-hold-experts-warn\/\">EU must back US for China trade deal to hold, experts warn<\/a><\/li>\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<\/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>drew significant support 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>.<\/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,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;Just because they won in blue states, it is not a swing-state model, guys.&rdquo;<\/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 affected 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 does not happen, Concha said &ldquo;socialists&rdquo; can make the argument for the &ldquo;free stuff model.&rdquo;<\/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 said GOP gubernatorial nominee <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 have won his elections in 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":2507063,"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],"tags":[66530,45100,3685,52093,66535],"class_list":["post-2507061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2025-blue-wave","tag-2025-election","tag-democrats","tag-joe-concha","tag-swing-state-model-2"],"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\/2507061","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=2507061"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507065,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507061\/revisions\/2507065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}