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SINCE THE 2024 ELECTION, an existential, albeit familiar, question has gripped Democratic officials: How do they become a “big tent” party again?
Kamala Harris’s loss exposed how fragile the coalition had become. Working-class voters had continued moving steadily to the right, and Democrats were more reliant on college-educated and urban voters.
Since then, Democratic strategists and candidates have explored all sorts of ideas aimed at pinpointing what real Americans want from their elected officials. Is it someone who is unafraid to say that trans girls shouldn’t participate in girls’ sports? Or is it someone who rails against Israel and supports Medicare for All? Would it be better to embrace moderation or progressivism?
But in recent months, a pleasantly simple resolution to these seemingly intractable questions has emerged:
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