{"id":2526809,"date":"2025-12-30T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-need-a-plan-different-from-2024-to-win-2026-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T14:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:40:05","slug":"democrats-need-a-plan-different-from-2024-to-win-2026-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-need-a-plan-different-from-2024-to-win-2026-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats &#8216;need a plan&#8217; different from 2024 to win 2026: Joe Concha"},"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\">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%2Fdemocrats-need-a-plan-different-from-2024-to-win-2026-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=2526809&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>Joe Concha argues that Democrats need a strategy different from 2024 to avoid repeating losses in 2026, warning the party risks repeating mistakes if it ignores recent polling and internal critiques. He <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cited polling &#8211; including<\/a> a Quinnipiac finding showing low approval for the party &#8211; and said DNC chair Ken Martin tried to downplay the results. Concha told Fox &#038; Friends First that economic indicators (stock gains, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-picture-show-how-low-gas-prices-were-the-day-biden-took-office\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Picture Show How Low Gas Prices Were The Day Biden Took Office?\">low gas prices<\/a>, an absence of recession) and expected tax cuts under Republicans mean simply branding Trump as hazardous won&#8217;t be enough. He also said the party&#8217;s energy is shifting to the far left, and urged more moderate, electable nominees (he invoked John Fetterman) rather than candidates like Alexandria Ocasio\u2011Cortez or Zohran Mamdani to win swing states. Nate Silver is quoted as surprised some Democrats won&#8217;t acknowledge 2024 mistakes, though he noted Trump&#8217;s unpopularity could still make similar tactics work. The piece also notes House Speaker Mike johnson&#8217;s criticism of Democrats and a separate survey showing the two parties tied on who&#8217;s better on the economy, with Democrats holding narrow leads on inflation and cost-of-living handling.  <\/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\">Democrats &lsquo;need a plan&rsquo; different from 2024 to win 2026: 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_2457775\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior writer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4074580\/head-in-sand-democrats-ignore-own-2024-autopsy\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> said the Democratic Party may be &ldquo;doomed to repeat&rdquo; its losses in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4074899\/2026-battleground-congress-most-vulnerable-seats\/\">2026<\/a> if a recent report indicates the status of the party ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Political pollster Nate Silver said in a recent interview with <em>Semafor<\/em> that he is somewhat surprised that some Democrats are <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/12\/28\/2025\/what-media-leaders-got-wrong-in-2025\">unwilling to acknowledge &ldquo;they f***ed up&rdquo; in 2024<\/a>, suggesting some data claim the problem with the presidential election was that Democrats did not fight hard enough for progressive ideas. However, he noted that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4364489\/kennedy-center-new-years-eve-shows-canceled-trump-renaming\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is &ldquo;super unpopular,&rdquo; so taking the same approach the party took in 2024 could eventually work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4364124\/trump-holds-out-key-texas-senate-endorsement\/\">Trump holds out on giving Cornyn key Texas Senate endorsement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3918169\/2026-midterm-elections-battleground-senate-races-polling\/\">The fight for the Senate: Where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-fight-for-the-senate-where-2026-battleground-races-stand-in-the-polls\/\" title=\"The ... for the ...: Where 2026 battleground races stand in the polls\">battleground races stand<\/a> in the polls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4363572\/wyoming-secretary-of-state-chuck-gray-running-house\/\">Wyoming secretary of state running for state&#8217;s lone House seat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Concha said Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin decided to &ldquo;bury&rdquo; this polling within the Democratic Party, as &ldquo;it may hurt the sensitivities&rdquo; of some party members. He also cited <em>Quinnipiac<\/em> polling data putting the Democratic Party at 15% approval against 77% disapproval.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So when you&rsquo;re looking ahead, and you&rsquo;re seeing the Dow closed at 48,000, above 38,000, it&rsquo;s up nearly 14% since Trump&rsquo;s victory in 2024, S&amp;P is way up as well,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends First<\/em>. &ldquo;We heard about a recession that&rsquo;s never happening, Trump tax cuts are coming, the&rsquo; big, beautiful bill&rsquo; is a result of also no tax on tips coming, we have better trade deals around the world, gas prices at a five-year low. Democrats need a plan because saying &lsquo;Trump is bad&rsquo; and &lsquo;we&rsquo;re here to save democracy,&rsquo; like they said in 2024 and thought that would be enough, obviously, it was not enough because they control virtually nothing right now in terms of the House, Senate, White House, and Supreme Court.&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?id=3298708&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=dc91d746e90e0f1789102f326e3c52cc\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha also said &ldquo;the energy&rdquo; is on the &ldquo;far-left side&rdquo; of the Democratic Party, paving the way for these candidates to win <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3919781\/democrats-tension-primary-battles-2026-midterm-elections\/\">the party&rsquo;s primary races<\/a>. He contended the party needs &ldquo;more John Fettermans&rdquo; instead of candidates such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and New York Mayor-elect <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4364102\/eric-adams-unsure-attending-zohran-mamdani-inauguration\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> if it plans to win in swing states.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3918169\/2026-midterm-elections-battleground-senate-races-polling\/\"><strong>THE FIGHT FOR THE SENATE: WHERE BATTLEGROUND RACES STAND IN THE POLLS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) stumped for the Republican Party during his speech at Turning Point USA&rsquo;s AmericaFest, where he also said the Democratic Party is being &ldquo;overrun by the Marxists.&rdquo; He warned that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4342537\/mike-johnson-warns-of-another-trump-impeachment-if-democrats-win-out-in-2026\/\">Democrats will seek to impeach Trump again<\/a> should they retake the House in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A recent survey of 2,000 respondents found <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4362182\/democrats-republicans-tied-voters-economy-2026-survey\/\">both parties are tied at 38% when asked which party they believe is better at handling the economy<\/a>. On inflation, Democrats hold a 1-percentage-point lead over Republicans and an 11-point lead on the cost of living.<\/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>Democrats must change 2024 strategy to win 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2526810,"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\/12\/AP25346683895344.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[49768,3685,34541,52093,33017],"class_list":["post-2526809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-2026-midterms","tag-democrats","tag-election-strategy","tag-joe-concha","tag-political-analysis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25346683895344.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526809","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=2526809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526813,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526809\/revisions\/2526813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2526810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}