If the Country is doing ok, what do Democrats run on in 2026?

[GAinDC]

In 2018 Democrats focused on healthcare in many races.

Honestly, a similar focus on healthcare, social security, and other basic government functions will likely be the path forward given that it is palatable to the corporate donors while still scratching the "economic case" for the Democrats.

There will also likely be a focus on government competence especially over any mistakes that occur which are undoubtedly going to happen.

I suspect abortion will be less prominent.

Both parties have probably more or less gone as far as they can on abortion, drug reform, and the status of homosexuals.


Republicans have a mandate on the treatment of the transgendered and managing race relations.

[Mr.Bakari-Sellers]

The country is not doing fine look at the homelessness that's why we wanted reparations

[ottermax]

In 2018 Democrats focused on healthcare in many races.

Honestly, a similar focus on healthcare, social security, and other basic government functions will likely be the path forward given that it is palatable to the corporate donors while still scratching the "economic case" for the Democrats.

There will also likely be a focus on government competence especially over any mistakes that occur which are undoubtedly going to happen.

I suspect abortion will be less prominent.

Both parties have probably more or less gone as far as they can on abortion, drug reform, and the status of homosexuals.


Republicans have a mandate on the treatment of the transgendered and managing race relations.

In 2004 Republicans had a "mandate" on gay marriage and war / terrorism issues... By 2008 the last gay marriage bans were passed and the wars in the Middle East had clearly become unpopular.

[Senator Incitatus]

The country is always doing OK for some people and not for others. I expect that even if we see economic growth, international peace through strength, and improving health outcomes, the Democratic Party will be able to locate people left out of that prosperity and ask for their votes.

Recall Cuomo's masterful 1984 speech—even against the strongest political headwinds, you can still make a case for change. You will probably lose, though, and sometimes you have to accept that you've lost. No participation trophies.

[หมูเด้ง]

In 2018 Democrats focused on healthcare in many races.

Honestly, a similar focus on healthcare, social security, and other basic government functions will likely be the path forward given that it is palatable to the corporate donors while still scratching the "economic case" for the Democrats.

There will also likely be a focus on government competence especially over any mistakes that occur which are undoubtedly going to happen.

I suspect abortion will be less prominent.

Both parties have probably more or less gone as far as they can on abortion, drug reform, and the status of homosexuals.


Republicans have a mandate on the treatment of the transgendered and managing race relations.

In 2004 Republicans had a "mandate" on gay marriage and war / terrorism issues... By 2008 the last gay marriage bans were passed and the wars in the Middle East had clearly become unpopular.

History has shown that they are unlikely to get far with their mandate.

[RBH]

I mean, that was the landscape in 2018 and Dems sill did fine

Midterm environments are almost always hostile for the party in power, regardless of what's happening in America.

then there was 2006 where unemployment was 4.4% and Dems used discontent over Iraq/Corruption as a 1-2 to win a bunch of elections (with various other issues going on at the time too)

feels like corruption's one of those things where there's not really a measurement and there's enough people who could believe that things are corrupt and support outsider Dems as a result

[Ljube]

Competence like they did in 2018. Trump’s administration being incompetent is basically a guarantee.

Biden administration is the most incompetent administration since Carter.

I don't think Trump administration is going to be incompetent, just like his first administration wasn't incompetent.

Americans disagreed with you on the second count. They tossed him out after all.

Only because of the relentless anti Trump campaign in the media based on smears against Trump related to covid.