How Democrats Lost Their Base and Their Message

Nate Cohn: “It has long been clear that the rise of Donald J. Trump meant the end of the Republican Party as we once knew it.”

“It has belatedly become clear that his rise may have meant the end of the Democratic Party as we knew it as well.”

“After three Trump elections, almost every traditional Democratic constituency has swung to the right. In fact, Mr. Trump has made larger gains among Black, Hispanic, Asian American and young voters in his three campaigns since 2016 than he has among white voters without a college degree, according to New York Times estimates. In each case, Mr. Trump fared better than any Republican in decades.”