Democrats are ‘bleeding support’ against Trump

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   Readmikenowposted 24 hours ago

   This is not from a Conservative publication.  This is from the ultra-liberal New York Times.  The headline of the article is 
   
   "Democrats are ‘bleeding support’ against Trump, NY Times analysis shows"
   
   To me, the reason for this is simple.  The American public no longer want to buy what democrats are selling.
   
   I doubt that democrats understand their party is in serious trouble as well as what to do about it.
   
   "The Democratic Party is in some deep trouble even before voters head to the polls, according to a new analysis from The New York Times.
   
   The New York Times’ analysis, published on Wednesday, found that Democrats are "bleeding support beyond the ballot box" when it comes to voter registration. The analysis found that all of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party saw drops in Democratic Party registrations between the 2020 and 2024 elections.
   
   The analysis, using voter registration data from nonpartisan data firm L2, found that the Democratic Party lost 2.1 million registered voters across 30 states and Washington, D.C. between the 2020 and 2024 elections. On the other hand, Republicans gained 2.4 million registered voters.
   
   Democrats still have the advantage in registered members overall, especially since some red states like Texas do not allow voters to register with a political party. However, the New York Times found that Democrats fell from an 11-percentage point advantage over Republicans in 2020 to a 6-percentage-point edge in 2024.
   
   The Times also reported that Democrats lost ground across four critical battleground states, including Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, between the 2020 and 2024 elections. This loss in Democratic support could help explain some of the reasoning behind President Donald Trump’s success across those swing states in the 2024 election.
   
   New York Times national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher said that the “most jarring” statistic from the report was the Democratic Party’s drop among newly registered voters.
   
   “In 2018, Democrats accounted for 63 percent of voters who newly registered as either Democratic or Republican.By 2024, the party’s share had shrunk to less than 48 percent,” Goldmacher wrote on social media platform X.
   
   In a separate piece for The New York Times, Goldmacher also explained how the gender gap in the voter registration data has helped Republicans.
   
   “In 2024, the Republican advantage among men who were newly registering to vote with a major party was double the Democratic edge among women,” Goldmacher wrote. “More than 60 percent of men who registered with a major party became Republicans in 2024, while only 55 percent of women became Democrats.”
   
   “That roughly 10-point edge for Democrats among new female voters last year is down drastically from 2018, when the party enjoyed a gargantuan — nearly 38-percentage-point — advantage," he added
   
   The analysis comes as Democrats have failed to unite behind one platform ahead of the 2026 midterms. Since the start of Trump’s term, Democrats have struggled to combat the president’s agenda as many critics warn the party remains leaderless following then-Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to Trump last fall.
   
   https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dem … 26502.html

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   Ken Burgessposted 24 hours ago

   This explains it all:
   https://youtu.be/kCvqT0vBL1w?si=oOgtfx0-SzgCDN4i

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      Readmikenowposted 23 hours agoin reply to this

      JP is one of the funniest people on YouTube.
      
      Olivia Julianna?  This is their solution?  Let's face it, that's just plain sad.
      
      I believe the democrats refuse to accept how out of touch they are with the majority of Americans.  It's like when it comes to political reality they've closed their eyes, put their fingers over their ears as they yell, "No, no, no, no, no."
      
      I do hope they don't change.  The ship USS democrat is sinking.

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         Ken Burgessposted 23 hours agoin reply to this

         I think there is also a lot of truth to what we saw there... Like when she was talking about her interaction with men... On campus...
         
         This is where their ideas about society, men, our country, comes from.
         
         Unfortunately that excludes over...80% of the population?
         
         That excludes all those deplorable 'blue collar' stiffs, the plumbers, the trash collectors, those bums working for the highway department... Typical uneducated misogynistic men who shouldn't even be allowed to vote.

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   Willowarborposted 22 hours ago

   I may have missed in this article stats on Independents??? Voters are leaving both parties to self identify as Independent. More Democrats are leaving than Republicans. Independents are growing faster than either party.  Partisan registration doesn't guarantee a vote for that party. 
   
   I believe more people care about policy than they do party.

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      Readmikenowposted 22 hours agoin reply to this

      "Voters are leaving both parties to self identify as Independent"
      
      As someone once asked me..."Proof?"

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         Willowarborposted 22 hours agoin reply to this

         

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            Readmikenowposted 20 hours agoin reply to this

            Would love to know how this was conducted and the time period it covered.
            
            This is more ways democrats ignore how their party is failing.
            
            Rather than look inside their party and try to figure out what is wrong, they look outside and deflect from their immense amount of problems.  The big question democrats ask themselves is "Why are so many areas of the population leaving our party?"
            
            Unless democrats change, they will continue to fail and continue to lose political influence in the United States.

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               Willowarborposted 19 hours agoin reply to this

               "Would love to know how this was conducted and the time period it covered."
               
               All of the info is available...

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               Credence2posted 15 hours agoin reply to this

               been to any GOP rep town hall lately? More than any one of them have found their legislators “creampied” from discontent. No wonder the word from pachyderm central is to tell their partisans to avoid them along with the danger of pitchforks from the disenchanted.

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                  Readmikenowposted 81 minutes agoin reply to this

                  Cred,
                  
                  Deflection and denial of the problem isn't helping the democrat party.
                  
                  democrats are losing.
                  
                  There is a major exodus from the democrat party.
                  
                  It's time to grasp this reality and try to understand why.
                  
                  Then, it will be time to change.

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            Sharlee01posted 20 hours agoin reply to this

            It should be relevant and take into consideration that when a citizen changes their political party, they don't like the idea, the agenda, the path, or the policies of the party they gave up on.  Yes, in either party--- but what the chart shows is that Democrats are factually losing more citizens.

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      Sharlee01posted 20 hours agoin reply to this

      "I believe more people care about policy than they do party." Willow
      
      Oh my, me too--- and common sense should dictate they left the party they were disillusioned with, due to policies...

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         Willowarborposted 17 hours agoin reply to this

         And it clearly looks like the disillusioned have filtered mainly into the independent group

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            Sharlee01posted 16 hours agoin reply to this

            That is very true, just as it appears that more Democrats have moved into the independent party. This tells me they have left for one reason or another. Fewer Republicans have left the party.
            
            A New York Times/L2 analysis across 30 states (2020–2024) found Democrats lost about 2.1 million registered voters, while Republicans gained around 2.4 million.   Nothing has been released for the last 6 months.

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   Sharlee01posted 20 hours ago

   Mike,  Great thread!
   
   Absolutely—I agree with the assessment. It’s clear from this data that Democrats are losing ground, not just among voters generally but especially among newly registered voters, which shows a deeper, structural issue in their messaging and appeal. What strikes me as equally important, and something the article doesn’t fully highlight, is how much Trump’s policies and messaging resonate with average Americans who feel left behind or ignored.
   
   While Democrats continue down the same path of Trump-bashing without offering any concrete agenda to improve the country, Republicans are riding high on a wave of practical results, jobs, border security, and economic growth. They are delivering tangible outcomes that people can feel in their daily lives, while Democrats seem stuck “beating a dead horse,” and the apathy within that party is palpable.
   
   Recent data also shows that Republican voter registration has continued to rise over the past six months, particularly in key states. In New Jersey, Republicans have narrowed the voter registration gap with Democrats, reflecting an 11% increase in Republican registrations. In California, the percentage of voters registered with the Republican Party increased from 23.83% to 25.22% between February 2023 and February 2025. This upward trend is also evident in battleground states like Pennsylvania, where counties such as Blair, Bradford, and Clearfield have reported net gains for Republicans, and in Kentucky, where the Republican Party remains the largest party in the state, comprising nearly half of the electorate. These developments suggest that Republicans are maintaining momentum in voter registration while Democrats struggle to find relevance, making it all the more interesting to see how the midterms play out, with Republicans currently rolling along on a high note.

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      Readmikenowposted 19 hours agoin reply to this

      Shar,
      
      The biggest takeaway for me is the democrats have no idea how they're hurting their brand or their future political goals.

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