The Democratic Brand Is Broken

In the aftermath of the recent loss in Virginia’s governor’s race, Democratic strategists descended on the state to figure out what went wrong. Through focus groups and polling they found that voters “could not articulate what Democrats stand for. They could also not say what they are doing in Washington, besides fighting,” Politico reports.

“Less than a year ahead of midterm elections, in which even Democrats widely expect they will lose the House and, possibly, the Senate, the party is confronting an identity crisis.”