Source: Persuasion
by Sam Kahn
“[T]here were — pretty obviously — two main factors contributing to the Democrats’ defeat. One was the problem of gerontocracy and the inability to connect with a younger digitally-forward voting public. And the other was the party’s inability to seize the common-sense middle ground, to present themselves as the adults in the room. They somehow managed to be seen, in pre-election polling, as the more extreme party — and this against an opponent who wants to lock up his political rivals and invade Greenland. So the solution to the party’s woes really was pretty simple. First of all, they needed a cohort of candidates who knew how to use a smart phone. And second, they needed those candidates to just please — for the love of Christ — not be crazier than the other side, which, honestly, really shouldn’t be that hard of a bar to clear.” (10/29/25)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-democrats-just-never-ever-learn