DNC Chair Candidates On 2024 Election, What They’d Do Differently Moving Forward – Democracy Docket
“The three DNC chair candidates all said they’re waiting for voter files to come back to do a more in-depth, data-driven analysis, but what they know now is that Democrats didn’t communicate effectively enough to reach the lower-income and less politically educated voters whose biggest issue was the economy — specifically inflation.”
Note the narrator’s condescending phrase “less politically educated” in describing American voters. For the record, low-income Americans are highly politically educated by virtue of their difficulty finding jobs with a living wage and being able to pay bills. On the other hand, it is encouraging to see candidates vying to lead the Democratic Party beginning to focus on the economic struggles of ALL types of voters. Hopefully, party leaders are turning away from identity politics that define poor and working-class people almost exclusively through racial and ethnic stereotypes. Here’s what we advised progressives and the Democratic Party five years ago and have shared with campaigns vying for DNC leadership:
Race-neutral, progressive economic policies deliver $$ to minority communities