It has been painfully obvious, from the presidential elections last November, that the brand of the Democratic Party is made by Jirons.
This week, a Quinnipiac University Survey He revealed that Democrats of Congress have a tiny index of 19% approval, a historical minimum in the history of that particular survey. At the beginning of the week, a Harvard Caps/Harris survey Similarly, the party as a whole has an approval index of 40%, considerably lower than the approval index of 48% of the Republican Party found by the same survey. Democrats cannot necessarily rely on the internal struggles of the Republican party to result in, similar to a way, in their own benefit; For the entire Sturm und Drang generated by the matter “Epstein Files”, President Trump's approval ratings actually have increase Among the Republicans this month.
The problem for Democrats is that their current unpopularity is not a byproduct of the political scandals of the day or the vicissitudes of polarizing foods of Trump's social networks. Rather, the problem for Democrats is structural – And it requires a rethinking and a restart of the soup to the nuts. As This column argued Last November, it is clear that Barack Obama's winning political coalition in 2008, which includes racial and ethnic minorities, young and highly polite white voters, has been completely withered. “Obamaism” is dead, and the Democrats have to reconcile with that disappearance. At least, they must stop Take advice of Obama himself; The 44th President was the substitute for the campaign of the 2024 campaign of Kamala Harris, and we saw how that worked.
For the party to rise again, as has often happened throughout US history after a period of dominance of a partisan rival, the Democrats will have to go beyond their intersectional obsessions and arouse that they have alienated great stripes of American people on issues related to the race, gender, immigration and crime and public safety. And the good news, for conservative Americans who sincerely want the Democratic Party more than the worst, is that Democrats seem completely unable to do so.
Zohran Mamdani, the recent 33 -year -old winner of the very discussed primary democratic mayor of New York City, is a good example.
Muslim Muslim Muslim born in Uganda is a Democratic socialistBut it is better understood as a complete communist. That is not hyperbole: one simply needs to consider its proposed policies for New York City and review its broader history of extreme left -wing political rhetoric. Mamdani won the primary, and is now looking for the mayor's office, on a genuinely radical platform: “free” bus trip support throughout the city, edible stores owned by the city, a complete rental freezing in certain low -income units, Direct seizure of private property of arbitrarily “bad” owners, Race -based taxes (A surely unconstitutional proposal), a minimum wage of $ 30 and more. A true Marxist, Mamdani has said “ABOLITION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY“It would be an improvement on existing inequality. And it has something a inclination for Citing the “Marx communist manifesto” also.
But Mamdani's communism is only part of his general political personality. It also emphasizes, and exchanges, exactly the type of policy of the awakened culture and the intersectional identity policy defined by the Post-Obama Democratic Party. Mamdani is a long hard critic of Israel who had declined distancing himself From the cry of anti -Semitic rally “Globalize intifada. “More recently, he also opposed Trump's decision that the United States intervened in the Israel-Iran war last month, condemning it As a “new and dark chapter” that could “immerse the world more deeply in chaos.” (In the real world, there were zero American victims, and the bombing was quickly followed by a high fire).
There is no doubt, nothing good on this path for the inhabitants of New York City. If Mamdani wins this autumn, wait a massive exodus of people, businesses and capital of the large block, probably to the solar belt. But even more relevant: there is nothing good on that path for the National Democratic Party, in general. To show that the party has learned anything from its layers of 2024 and its current abysmal position, it will have to sound and act less crazy in the tangible problems that affect the daily life of the Americans.
That is not happening. If Mamdani's rise is representative, and it may well be, especially as other extreme left -wing brands such as Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) continue to make noise of size. Then the Democrats seem to be moving exactly opposite Address: Complete Marxism and awakened madness. If the party continues along this path, it will experience nothing more than political pain in the middle of the long term. But as one of the aforementioned conservatives who wishes the Democratic party anything more than the worst, I am not too annoying for that.
Josh Hammer's last book is “Israel and civilization: the fate of the Jewish nation and the destiny of the West. ” This article was produced in collaboration with the creators Syndicate. @Josh_hammer
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Ideas expressed in the piece
- The article argues that the Democratic Party has reached a historic Nadir, citing a Quinnipiac survey that shows an approval index of the Congress and internal disapproval of 19% and the internal disapproval of 52% of Democratic voters[1].
- It attributes this refusal to structural failures, including an excessive dependence on “intersectional obsessions and complaints of awakening”, which have alienated broad segments of Americans on issues such as race, immigration and public safety[3].
- The emergence of figures such as the Mayor's Office of New York City Zohran Mamdani, described as promoting Marxist policies such as the seizure of property and tax -based taxes, explif[3].
- The author argues that the Democrats are still incapable of the correction of the course, ensuring “political pain in the medium and long term” unless they abandon the identity -centered policy and coalition strategies of the Obama era[3].
Different views on the subject
- Despite the low approval of the Congress, the generic voting surveys show the Democrats who take Republicans from 43% to 40% for the 2026 bias, which suggests a residual competitive force[2].
- The discontent of the internal party can reflect a vigorous debate instead of collapse, since 39% of the Democrats still approve of the performance of the congress despite the high disapproval[1].
- Political priorities such as preserving birth law citizens retain the majority support (68%), aligning with traditional democratic positions that resonate beyond the base of the party[2].
- The 2028 presidential elementary[2].
