Democrats’ Other Challenge Is Geographic

Wall Street Journal: “Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House, are both denizens of Brooklyn. The two men reportedly live just 0.7 miles apart in a uniquely metropolitan stretch that is both diverse and rarefied.”

“That the two most powerful Democrats in Congress hail from the same corner of New York risks reinforcing the notion that the party is out of touch with the interests of voters across America. A refrain we hear from disaffected Democrats is that elected officials don’t understand what it takes to get by in the country today.”