New York Times: “Democrats …. In The Middle Of A Bleed-Out That May Have No End In Sight”

New York Times:  The stampede away from the Democratic Party is occurring in battleground states, the bluest states and the reddest states, too, according to a new analysis of voter registration data by The New York Times…. fewer and fewer Americans are choosing to be Democrats. In fact, for the first time since 2018, more new voters nationwide chose to be Republicans than Democrats last year. All told, Democrats lost about 2.1 million registered voters between the 2020 and 2024 elections in the 30 states, along with Washington, D.C., that allow people to register with a political party. (In the remaining 20 states, voters do not register with a political party.) Republicans gained 2.4 million (New York Times).

‘Death Cycle’: Dem Bleedout Is Real — And Spectacularhttps://t.co/zyXT4BnJWe

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What happened? Likely several factors have a role in this death spiral. Democrats spent the last decade focused on one man — Trump — as its agenda. That worked for them in the 2018 midterms, but blew up in their faces when the Russia-collusion allegations turned out to be nothing more than a hoax built on a dirty trick. Democrats spent four years covering up Joe Biden’s senility and unfitness for office, while simultaneously claiming that they were defending democracy. They anointed Kamala Harris as the nominee when their fraud got exposed in the debate, who refused to engage with the media and who argued that voters owed her the office as the only legitimate nominee in the race. More likely, though, the damage comes from Democrats’ refusal to listen to voters. To some extent, this is also a result of Trump Derangement Syndrome, which basically forces them to automatically reject any position or action Trump takes as “fascism” (Hot Air).