Recriminations central

New polling on where Democrats go next, Democrats as "hall monitors", Trump's streaming strategy, what the Left got wrong about Hispanics, the corn field champion

No. 341 | December 12, 2024

🇺🇲 2024

The just-released results of Echelon Insights’ latest national survey have a deep dive on what Democrats think about the future of the party and why Harris lost.

The results are a mixed bag for people hoping the party actually makes a decisive break from the failures of 2024:

• On if Kamala Harris should continue to be the leading voice for Democrats, 49% of Democrats think so, while 36% say it’s time for someone else to fill this role.

• On why Harris lost, ranked by the percentage saying this was a major reason why Harris lost: The economy 43%, Immigration 41%, Entering the race late 39%, Harris was a woman of color 38%, Not distancing herself from Joe Biden 29%, Biden’s unpopularity 29%, Harris’s past positions on issues like gender surgery for illegal immigrants 26%... Among the low-ranked reasons: Not going on podcasts like Joe Rogan 8%, Not liberal enough 11%, Not an effective campaigner 14%, Too liberal 16%.

• Together with the majority sentiment that …