Barack Obama’s former chief strategist warned that the Democratic Party was losing the working class by becoming a “know-it-all, suburban, college-educated party” following Kamala Harris’ defeat in Tuesday’s presidential election.
Speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper, CNN contributor David Axelrod explained why he believed Democrats lost to Republican Donald Trump, noting that he had “concerns about the way the Democratic Party is engaging with American voters.” the working class in this country. ‘.
Discussing the decline of working-class Democratic voters, Axelrod explained how the only group the political party won in elections “was white college graduates” who “make over a hundred dollars a year.”
“You can’t win national elections that way and it certainly shouldn’t be that way for a party that presents itself as the workers’ party.”
He also advised that “you can’t go up to workers like missionaries and say, ‘We’re here to help you be more like us.'” There is a kind of unspoken disdain, involuntary disdain in that.”
Barack Obama’s former chief strategist David Axelrod warned that the Democratic Party was losing the working class by becoming a “know-it-all, suburban, college-educated party.”
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her concession speech at Howard University after losing to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
Axelrod, however, praised President Joe Biden’s efforts, stating that he “has done programmatically good things for working people,” but highlighted how the Democratic Party itself has “increasingly become a suburban, college-educated, know-it-all party.” , and it lends itself to the kind of backlash that we’ve seen.”
The CNN contributor spoke earlier this week about how “racism and sexism” had played a role in the vice president’s surprising defeat.
“Let’s be absolutely direct about it,” he said. “There were calls for racism in this campaign, and there is racial bias in this country, and there is sexism in this country, and anyone who thinks that didn’t in any way affect the outcome of this race is wrong.”
He added: “I’m not saying that was the main reason Kamala Harris lost and Donald Trump won.”
Axelrod’s comments come as Harris’ campaign manager was questioned last night for having “personally” interpreted the election “so wrong” after the Democratic presidential candidate conceded election defeat to Donald Trump.
Speaking on CNN, host Jake Tapper asked Rep. Roberto Garcia, Harris’ campaign co-chair, about why the Democratic Party lost Latino male votes to Trump.
García affirmed that Harris ‘won the Latino vote in general’ but confessed that Democrats had ‘a lot of work to do with Latino men’ after this week’s election result.
President-elect Trump made a stunning political comeback after commanding the support of 46 percent of all Latino voters, the most of any Republican in modern history.
Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters at his rally at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, on November 6, 2024.
