Democratic | Voter.org

Calls for Biden’s Withdrawal Are a Sign of a Healthy Democratic Party

June 28, 2024 Democratic, calls, Party, sign, Withdrawal, Biden's, 'healthy'0 comment

The reaction to last night’s presidential debate showed that America’s two major political parties are not remotely the same. One has transformed into a cult of personality that continues to intensify its unwavering support for a presumptive nominee who is a convicted felon and habitual liar—a man who incited a violent mob to try to overturn an election, and whom courts have found liable for sexual assault and banned from doing business in New York. The other is in full-blown panic mode, considering whether an incumbent president should drop out…

The Overlooked (But Real) Possibility of a Big Democratic Win

June 16, 2024 Democratic, possibility, Real, Overlooked0 comment

Democrats have spent the past year talking much more about the prospect of a Donald Trump victory than about their own. The relentless focus on Trump is understandable, but it has obscured a central reality of the 2024 election: Democrats have a real chance to sweep the presidency, House, and Senate. And if they do, their congressional majority would likely be more cohesive and progressive than during President Joe Biden’s first two years in office. Biden’s deficit in the polls is much smaller than the party’s panic suggests and has…

Will We See a Repeat of the Chaotic 1968 Democratic National Convention?

May 19, 2024 convention, National, Repeat, 1968, chaotic, Democratic0 comment

Will we see a repeat this summer of the infamous 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention that devolved into chaos and anarchy? This year’s convention is, like 1968, set to take place in Chicago and social unrest is percolating on the Left, to say the least. In a recent interview on Fox News, Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn.—who challenged President Joe Biden in the Democratic Party presidential primary—said that given our current course of events, history is likely to repeat itself. “I’m afraid this is looking awfully like 1968 with a lot…

The Plot to Wreck the Democratic Convention

April 29, 2024 Democratic, convention, plot, wreck0 comment

Opponents of the Iraq War gathered to disrupt the Republican National Convention in 2004. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in New York City; some put the total as high as 200,000. A minority of the protesters disregarded police lines. More than 1,800 people were arrested. Yet the convention itself proceeded exactly as planned. President George W. Bush was renominated, and subsequently won reelection. In so doing, he became the only Republican presidential candidate to win a popular-vote majority in the 35 years since the end of the Cold War.…

Ro Khanna Wants to Be the Future of the Democratic Party

April 1, 2024 Party, Wants, Khanna, Democratic, Future0 comment

Photographs by John Trotter In January, as the 2024 primary season got under way, Representative Ro Khanna stood in the middle of a spacious New Hampshire living room and marveled at the dozens of Democrats who had crammed in. “What enthusiasm for President Biden!” Khanna said as the crowd cheered. The California progressive wasn’t in the land of would-be presidents to promote himself—at least not directly. He came here to boost his party’s flagging 81-year-old incumbent. Khanna represents Silicon Valley, but he’s lost count of how many times he’s been…

Nuts & Bolts—Inside the Democratic Campaign: The No. 1 rule in all campaigns

March 27, 2022 Campaign, Democratic, Campaigns, rule, Nuts, Bolts—Inside0 comment

Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. Over the course of more than a decade, I’ve taken time to speak with campaign managers, field directors, communications directors, finance directors, and, of course, been a part of as many campaigns as I could. As election season gets close, there are always questions we ask of candidates who are considering running for office. You would think the first question that the local party or campaign help would ask might be, “Can you raise money?” Another guess is, “How is your name…