- Report was expected to delve into factors behind 2024 defeat
- Hundreds of party officials were interviewed
- Recent election victories convinced party leaders to shelve report
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The Democratic Party said on Thursday it would not release an internal review of its loss to Republican President Donald Trump in 2024, saying that a public airing of its failures would distract from focusing on winning future elections.
The party has been embroiled in finger-pointing over who was to blame for Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat. Harris became the Democratic presidential candidate just weeks before the election after President Joe Biden abruptly quit the race.
The so-called autopsy report, which involved hundreds of interviews with party officials across the country, was an attempt to arrive at some consensus.
Instead, after Democrats won governor races in New Jersey and Virginia last month and showed strength in other contests, the much-anticipated report will now be put aside as the party looks ahead to next year’s midterm elections, when it will try to retake control of Congress from Republicans.
“In our conversations with stakeholders from across the Democratic ecosystem, we are aligned on what’s important, and that’s learning from the past and winning the future,” Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, said in a statement on Thursday. “Here’s our North Star: does this help us win? If the answer is no, it’s a distraction from the core mission.”
Harris’ defeat laid bare a rupture in the party between its liberal and more centrist wings, with each faction claiming that it held the blueprint for the path forward.
But the report was not expected to touch upon that ideological divide, nor was it expected to place blame on either Harris or Biden. The report’s findings centered on process — voter contacts, fundraising and media messaging, according to a DNC official who spoke on condition of anonymity. It touched upon Trump’s success at reaching younger voters and his ability to exploit nontraditional media, such as podcasts.
The report also contended that Democrats failed to adequately address voters’ concerns on issues such as the economy, public safety and immigration, issues on which Trump was able to make gains, the official said.
Harris’ defeat laid bare a rupture in the party between its liberal and more centrist wings, with each faction claiming that it held the blueprint for the path forward.
And also with the centrist wing demonstrating that their blueprint was a surefire way to lose to fascists.
The report also contended that Democrats failed to adequately address voters’ concerns on issues such as the economy, public safety and immigration, issues on which Trump was able to make gains, the official said.
Can’t imagine why they buried it.
Looking forward not backward and returning to normalcy.
Normalcy is what gave us Trump
“In our conversations with stakeholders from across the Democratic ecosystem, we are aligned on what’s important, and that’s learning from the past and winning the future,”
And you’re showing that commitment to learning from the past by refusing to have a conversation about it.
“Here’s our North Star: does this help us win? If the answer is no, it’s a distraction from the core mission.”
Being dishonest and refusing to engage with your voters does not help you win.
Ah, yes, hundred of interviews with party officials and 0 interviews with voters and potential voters. That’s the Democratic party we’ve come to know and…know.
Hey, speak for yourself, some people actually like them for it (mainly those with a neglection fetish).
This just in - Democratic Party quintuples down on refusal to ever learn anything,
“We interviewed ourselves and we all agree that we’re great!” –DNC, apparently
They would have released it if that had been the result. They couldn’t even get the party faithful to pretend that the party isn’t shit.
“Don’t let anyone know why we lost in 2024! Maybe they won’t notice this time!”
adequatelv address voters’ concerns on issues such as
the economy, public safety and immigration, issues on
which Trump was able to make gains, the official said
Fuck the right wing media. Fuck.
we are aligned on what’s important, and that’s learning from the past and winning the future
This would be funny if it wasn’t so sad
“Here’s our North Star: does this help us win? If the answer is no, it’s a distraction from the core mission.”
It’s about damn time. No more moral victories, you gotta WIN before you can change or improve anything.
They’re going to designate anything that centrists don’t want to do as a distraction so they can ignore the concerns of the left even harder.
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