Voters in swing-state Michigan unimpressed with party’s election critique and say fundamental shift is needed

Vincent Oriedo, a biotechnology scientist, had just such a question. What lessons have been learned, he asked, from Harris’s defeat in this vital swing county in a crucial battleground state that voted for Joe Biden four years ago, and how are the Democrats applying them?

“They did not answer the question,” he said.

“It tells me that they haven’t learned the lessons and they have their inner state of denial. I’ve been paying careful attention to the influencers within the Democratic party. Their discussions have centred around, ‘If only we messaged better, if only we had a better candidate, if only we did all these superficial things.’ There is really a lack of understanding that they are losing their base, losing constituencies they are taking for granted.”

“We have set ourselves up for generational loss because we keep promoting from within leaders that that do not criticise the moneyed interests. They refuse to take a hard look at what Americans actually believe and meet those needs.”

  • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    How about liberals be more explicit about “too big to fail”, “the economy”, “keeping the nation safe”, etc.

    It’s no mystery that working class people can’t afford housing. It’s no mystery that the minimum wage has been stagnant for decades. It’s no mystery that democrats rely just as heavily as republicans on coorporate lobbiest and they let them set the agenda.

    The status quo is a vicious machine that eats low income families alive and you sit and wonder why you can’t run on defending it.