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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5462604-voter-registration-shift- democrats/

Democrats are sounding the alarm on new data showing they are losing
voters to Republicans across the country.

A devastating New York Times report Wednesday showed that of the 30 states
that maintain voter registration records by political party, Democrats
fell behind Republicans in all of them between the 2020 and 2024
elections.

In total, Republicans added up to 4.5 million voters compared to
Democrats, creating a huge hole that could set Democrats back for years.

“I think it should be an alarm” for the party, Democratic strategist Eddie Vale. “I think it’s a real problem.”

The data comes as Democrats struggle to figure out how to get out of the political wilderness after losing the presidency to Donald Trump and
control of both chambers of Congress to the GOP.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has found traction with attacks on Trump, mimicking the president on social media and energizing many in his party.

But the Democratic brand itself has taken a number of big hits, and the
New York Times data is just the latest point suggesting the party has lost
its way.

Vale noted a span of voters, including people of different races and ages,
were abandoning the party, according to the Times reporting.

He said his worry is that all of these different kinds of voters feel like
the Democratic Party left them.

They “all shared the broader fact that they are working class and not
feeling like we were talking to them or actually going to help them, so
that needs to be fixed,” he said.

Another Democratic strategist found the report disheartening at a time
when Democrats are feeling rudderless and leaderless and lacking a
coherent message for voters.

“Two things need to happen for Trump’s political movement to fail: Trump
and MAGA popularity plummets, and Democrats’ brand popularity rises,” the strategist said. “The former is happening, but not the latter.”

“You have to have something clear to offer an alternative vision,” the strategist added. “The voter registration lag is directly related to this because the Democratic brand is flat. It’s one of the reasons why the most successful Democrats in this environment run against both parties.”

Democrats have been feeling dejected since their devastating defeat in November, when they lost control of not just the presidency but the House
and the Senate, the latter of which they had previously controlled.

Recent polls show Democrats view their party as weak. An Associated Press-
NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll in July revealed that about 1
in 5 Democrats described their party in a positive light.

And a poll by the Democratic super PAC Unite the Country obtained by The
Hill last month showed that voters perceived the Democratic Party as “out
of touch,” “woke” and “weak.”

The struggle to connect with voters has been a running theme for months,
with even Democrats acknowledging that they have yet to put forward a compelling message.

A Wall Street Journal poll out late last month showed Democrats’
popularity had hit the lowest point in 35 years, as 63 percent of voters
had an unfavorable view of the party. At the same time, 33 percent of
those surveyed held a favorable view.

The drop in voter registration for Democrats “matches what we see in the polls,” said Republican strategist Susan Del Percio, who does not support Trump. “People are unsatisfied with what the Democrats are offering.”

“It shows how Democrats took things for granted and got outhustled by Republicans, and I don’t say that with glee or anything else,” Del Percio added. “But the numbers are there, and this is proof in the pudding.”

A major Democratic donor was more scathing: “Our party sucks. Our
leadership sucks. Our message sucks. Why would anyone want to be a
Democrat?”

“We’re completely out of touch,” the donor said.

Democrats also say they are aware of voters’ perceptions and views of the
party and have sought to make inroads with key demographics that have
strayed from their party.

They have been conducting a series of postmortems and focus groups in an
effort to win the voters back.

Steve Schale, the veteran Democratic strategist, said the only voter registration that has “really moved the needle in the last 20 years has
been centered around the party and candidates” and that Democrats should
return to that model.

“Not only does party-based voter registration accomplish the rote goal of registering voters, it also requires the kind of outreach in key
communities that we have long rightly been criticized for abandoning,”
Schale said. “But to this, donors have to be willing to support the DNC [Democratic National Committee] and state parties.”

“It won’t happen on its own,” Schale added.

At the same time, Vale cautioned that the Democratic Party should not
simply mend what’s broken. It has to be forward-looking.

“We need to make sure that while we fix it, we don’t only fight the last
war and not be attuned to things possibly changing again,” Vale said.
“Because we have already seen in a lot of polling that younger people,
Latino and African American men are souring on Trump, and that can be
something that can be the leading edge of winning them back registration- wise.”

In the end, Democratic strategist Anthony Coley said, the numbers amount
to trust with voters and “a larger problem with the Democratic brand.”

“Voters have run away from the party for a variety of reasons, but trust —
or the lack of it — tops the list,” Coley said. “Too many voters just
don’t trust the Democratic Party to deliver on issues they care about.”


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