Democrats Are Still in Disarray With How to Go After Trump, and the Media Sure Is Noticing
Indeed, polls, including recent ones from just last week, show bad news for Democrats, as a party overall and when it comes to members in Congress, including that CNN poll mentioned above. That poll also showed that, like concerns expressed in the piece by 79-year-old Barbara Peirce, described as “a Democratic-leaning independent,” there is a lack of a clear leader in the Democratic Party. In an open-ended question about which Democrat “best reflects the core values,” 30 percent gave an answer with no response. AOC received 10 percent, more than any other person. Former Vice President Kamala Harris received 9 percent and Sanders received 8 percent.
When it comes to the polls and pieces like this, it’s worth wondering what it is that these Democratic voters expect? Do they want Democrats in Congress–who are the minority in both chambers–to act like the authoritarian dictator they believe Trump to supposedly be?
Nevertheless, they still feel this way. Earlier this month, Symone Sanders-Townsend, who used to work for Harris and is now with MSNBC, complained on air about Democratic members holding up pathetic signs for Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress because it wasn’t going far enough. Just over a week later she shared on air that she was leaving the Democratic Party.
This was a lengthy profile piece of sorts, but when it comes to input from Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, it does in a way remind one of an Axios article from over the weekend in which Democrats shared their thoughts on why they think the party lost last year.
