What should Democrats do now? Each other answer

Democrats fought to put a single message in the first months of President Donald Trump as fractures both in Congress and among supporters. What goes on for the party in a difficult place?

The rural, agricultural city of Bekersfield, California, is a strange stop for a pair of progressive Eastern coast politicians.

After all, in the last election, Trump won the surrounding district for 20 points, and the dusty fields and endless gardens feel the world, away from the party’s energy centers in the Los -Andels and the Bay area.

However, the Democratic Congress of Alexandria Okosio Cartes and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders gathered the local assembly hall during a recent stop at the oligarchy battle tour. The rally felt like a 1960s style seat with participants singing to the soft performance of this land Woody Gati. They launched Rowdy Boos and Jeers whenever Sanders joined Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.

The visit also felt that a responsible prayer for local Democrats and left supporters who oppose Trump and his politicians, while simultaneously sent most of their fury to their own party, which, in their opinion, could not take effective opposition.

The Democratic Party “must do more to try to defend everyone,” said Carl Alcantar, 26 years who attended the action. “I feel like some of them are just fully developed and there are some trying to do work from all.”

“I certainly feel that they should do more,” she said.

It is not a great time to be a democratic politician in the US. The party leaves power. Elected officials cannot agree on the process of dealing with the Trump agenda. No clear leader appeared to unite a difficult coalition. Different ideological and punished fractions are fighting each other, and no one seems to win.

“I understand that they do not have the strength, such as change dramatically, but they have the power to slow like things, even a little,” said Rally Dominguez rally, 26 years old. “I honestly feel that I don’t see anything.”

The anger goes beyond the rally participants.

Fifty -two percent of the Democrats and independent democratic supporters said their party leadership was moving in the wrong direction, CNN/SSRS survey conducted in mid -March, unlike 48%, who stated that it was moving in the right direction.

The same poll suggested to strive for a strong opposition: 57% wanted the Democrats in Congress to stop the Republican Party. This is a complete cancellation of the poll in 2017, a year after Trump first won the presidency, which offered 74% of Democrats and independent democratic supporters who wanted the leaders to work with Republicans after the section elections.

“What they press on is not only democratic leaders to get out, because it will make their followers feel good,” said former Congressman Pennsylvania Connor Lamb, who held an event in Pittsburgh’s town.

Although the lamb said that he was currently not running for the post, he felt hunger in a democratic base.

“I think they feel that the survival of the system we hoped is on its own, and they want us to act with this level of urgency,” Lamb The BBC said. “I think it is important for us not to forget to be supporters for what they are specific and specific and really affect people.”

Excursion Sanders and Okasi Cordes is only one attempt to solve this. It stops in areas where conservative are prevailing, and remains laser -oriented, citing the costs of life complaints that made Trump to the second term, while fixing him and his billionaire supporters, as Musk as guilty.

Akasio-Cartes expressed the argument simply: “oligarchy or democracy?”

But the oligarchy combat tour is just one theory of how the Democratic Party should develop.

“This is quite normal when the party loses, especially the presidency, because during this period of searching for the soul and the question:” What next? “,” said Professor Christian Gross, political scientist at the University of Southern California.

Some Democrats have accused their party of leaving more conservative Americans in subjects such as transgender rights, or without considering a variety of views in the ideological spectrum of the party. Without expanding their potential database, these Democrats claim that they have little chance to regain power.

One of these Gaiberna California Governor Gavin Newsom provides more party branding to the center. Despite the fact that Newsom has long removed the White House ambitions, it is one of the new generation Democrats who can fight for the 2028 presidency.

The governor known throughout the country as a liberal abortion and the rights of LGBTK recently launched a podcast for Leading conversations with politicos that disagree with it.

The NEWSOM’s decision to interview Right Strategist Steve Benan has angered many Democrats.

“I think it is important to have complex conversations or even to have a civic conversation that can be difficult for people, because everyone is trying to disrupt each other there,” NEWSOM said at a recent press conference.

While such discussions on whether it is moderately or playing the basic function in the search for the soul of each party, this year there is a new turn, Mr. Gross said.

“Some questions about the Democrat strategy are an age question – is it a time for a new generation? This is a little unique,” he said.

David Hogg, 25 years old, arms organizer and deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is currently blocked in a hot public debate with the party of senior statesmen, strategists James Carville.

Recently Hogg promised $ 20 million through his political group to finance primary contenders in safe places.

“We cannot return the majority unless we convince the American people that our party offers what is not easy, not Donald Trump, but something is better,” he said. “I think it’s time for new votes in our party.”

Carville, which is attributed to the shepherd Bill Clinton to the White House, called the “insane” plan.

“Do we not have to run for Republicans?” he asked at CNN.

As the party figures traded barbs on TV, dissatisfied with the Democrats, united in Bakersfield, told the BBC that it didn’t matter what the leaders do while they are doing something – it is desirable.

Lisa Richards, a 61-year-old voter who drove 230 miles from San Diego, praised the last 25-hour speech of Senator Cora Booker on the US Senate.

This speech, and Sanders and Akasio Chates, “show people in the country that they don’t care,” said Ms. Richards.