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The Democratic Party also scored 5.5 points higher than “pooping a single Chinese throwing star.” (I’ll explain in a sec.)
But first: Folks, the Dems have a major PR problem. They rode the identity politics gravy train for so long — grandstanding at every train stop along the way — that they’re no longer identifiable to non-liberals.
Yesterday,Politicoreleasedastory:“Dems’ownpollingshowsmassivebrandproblemaheadof2026.”Fromthearticle:
TheDemocraticParty’sbrandisinroughshapeinthecongressionalbattlegrounds.
NearlytwomonthsintothesecondDonaldTrumpadministration,amajorityofvotersinbattlegroundHousedistrictsstillbelieveDemocratsinCongressare“morefocusedonhelpingotherpeoplethanpeoplelikeme,”accordingtoaninternalpollconductedbytheDemocraticgroupNavigatorResearch.Amongindependents,just27percentbelieveDemocratsarefocusedonhelpingthem,comparedwith55percentwhosaidthey’refocusedonothers.[emphasisadded]
Today,roughlythreeoutoffourindependentslookattheDemocratsandsay,“Nope,they’renothereforme.”Onlyoneoutoffourthink