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The America Party Will Harm Democrats the Most Who will – and won’t – be enticed by Musk’s new party. by Jeff Crouere

https://www.frontpagemag.com/the-america-party-will-harm-democrats-the-most/

It is now official; tech billionaire Elon Musk has formed the America Party. He conducted a poll on X.com asking his followers whether they wanted “independence from the two-party system! Should we create the America Party?”

The post received 83.9 million views and 1.2 million people voted. The results showed that 65.4% of the respondents favored a new party, while 34.6% were opposed.

After announcing the results of his online poll, Musk posted “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party, and you shall have it. When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.” Musk vowed that his new party would give Americans back “your freedom.”

Musk’s goal with the new party will be limited to certain congressional districts. He said, “One way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts. Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the true will of the people.”

If Musk moves beyond trying to elect a few members of Congress to field a presidential candidate in 2028, the odds are stacked against him. The last third-party candidate to win a presidential election was Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

Subsequently, there have been two serious third-party presidential bids. In 1912, Teddy Roosevelt won 27.4% of the vote as a candidate of the Progressive Party. Eighty years later, in 1992, oil businessman Ross Perot won 18.9% of the vote as an independent candidate.

‘Woke, Weak, and Out of Touch’: New Poll Shows Democrats Losing Ground With Voters Sarah Arnold

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/13/new-poll-shows-the-democratic-party-is-in-trouble-n2660294

A new poll reveals a sharp decline in support for the Democratic Party since the 2024 election, as frustrated voters say the party has drifted far from the concerns of everyday Americans. Instead of focusing on inflation, border security, or public safety, Democrats are increasingly seen as obsessed with destroying President Donald Trump’s legacy, woke virtue signaling, and identity politics. 

A poll conducted by Unite the Country, a Democratic super PAC, shows that many voters — especially white men, Hispanic men, and working-class Americans — see the Democratic Party as “woke,” “weak,” and disconnected from everyday realities. The party’s approval rating has dipped below 35 percent, raising serious concerns about its ability to rebound before the 2028 presidential race. Adding to the challenge, enthusiasm among the Democratic base has continued to decline following the 2024 election, signaling deep frustration within the party’s own ranks.

Democratic strategist Rodell Mollineau acknowledged that the Democratic Party is facing a serious perception problem. He said many Americans, beyond just the MAGA base, see the party negatively, and unless Democrats accept this reality, it will be difficult to make progress. He emphasized that this view isn’t limited to far-right critics but also includes voters who should naturally support the party.

“Democrats need to realize that in order to improve and get better to not only win in 2028 but to win in 2030 and 2032 and beyond,” Mollineau said. 

A CNN/SSRS poll from earlier this year shows the Democratic Party facing historically low approval, with just 29 percent of Americans viewing the party favorably—the lowest level since CNN began tracking the data. Even Democratic-leaning voters are unhappy, with 58 percent saying the party needs significant changes or a total overhaul. Only 16 percent of voters say Democrats provide strong leadership, while 43 percent believe neither party offers effective leaders. The numbers reflect growing frustration, especially among young and independent voters, posing serious challenges for Democrats as they look ahead to the 2026 elections.

The Democratic Party Needs A Wellness Check

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/06/24/the-democratic-party-needs-a-wellness-check/

Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, an ideal representative for the lunatic constituency, said last week that Donald Trump supporters are mentally ill. Has she looked at the party she is willingly a member of? Or even herself? No, because if she did, she’d realize that it’s her side that is not well.

There are a number of patients who need to be seen, certainly millions, but first, we’ll check in with James Carville. While he’s no longer the Democratic Party’s hottest shot, and doesn’t have the influence he once had as Bill Clinton’s main hack, he’s still emblematic of the left’s descent into madness. Consider his most recent tirade, in which he comes off as deranged.

Carville has also claimed in just this year that Trump hates his voters and wants them to suffer; has said that companies that are “sucking up” to Trump remind him of Nazi collaborators; and predicted in February that the Trump administration would collapse in 30 days.

What we are talking about is more than the ravings of a fading party star (who, to his credit, has called out his party for its maniacal commitment to identity politics), though. Science, that field of study which virtue-signaling Democrats (we repeat ourselves) live – and love – to tell everyone they believe in, clearly indicates the left has mental defects. The data from a 60,000-participant survey shows that conservatives are far better off emotionally than their counterparts on the left.

Nine in 10 conservatives self-report their mental health to be excellent (51%) or very good (39%). Those who consider themselves liberals are struggling, with only 20% saying their mental health is excellent and 26% believing it is very good.

The losers and lunatics battling it out to lead the Democrats This rogues’ gallery suggests the Dems are determined to lose the next election. Joel Kotkin

https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/06/18/the-losers-and-lunatics-battling-it-out-to-lead-the-democrats/

In today’s Democratic Party, nothing succeeds like failure. According to a recent poll tracker, the preferred candidates to contest the 2028 presidential election are a host of proven losers. Kamala Harris is the No1 choice, followed by Pete Buttigieg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cory Booker and, of course, the slickest of all the failures, California governor Gavin Newsom.

Far less popular, it seems, are candidates who might appeal beyond the party faithful. Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, who has cross-party support in his state, registered less than a quarter of the support banked by Harris among Democrats nationally. Other Democrats with a greater potential for success include Kentucky governor Andrew Beshear and Maryland’s Wes Moore, yet both of them failed to even break into the poll.

For most Democrats, as Ruy Teixeira notes, ‘the progressive moment’ has not ended, despite all evidence to the contrary. This has been made clear by their reluctance to denounce the recent riots in Los Angeles. A recent poll found that Ocasio-Cortez – who simultaneously downplayed the riots and blamed them on Donald Trump – is most likely to be considered the ‘face’ of the Democratic Party, followed by Bernie Sanders and foul-mouthed Texas congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. This sounds like a potential dream team… for the Republicans.

Democrats pose as upholding ‘fundamental values’, as Newsom puts it. Essentially, this means forsaking public safety and defending criminals and violent protesters. Harris has even insisted, contrary to all evidence, that those LA protests were ‘overwhelmingly peaceful’. Even though most who participated only exercised their rights, the demonstrations provided cover for the keffiyeh-wearing, Mexican-flag-waving mob. In the bizarro world of the current Democratic Party, the police (in 2020) and the National Guard (in 2025) are responsible for the unrest, rather than the politically driven militants.

So far, the only internal pushback from this fraught stance comes from senator John Fetterman and some newly elected Democratic mayors, like San Francisco’s Daniel Lurie. Unlike most Democrats, this small group is aware of the primacy of law enforcement as a pillar of democratic order, and they know that to be seen to be embracing violence, particularly from people in the US illegally, is electorally disastrous outside the deep-blue lunatic zones. Yet if current trends are anything to go by, their relative sanity will condemn them to an unsuccessful career in the Democratic Party.

The reigning queen of upwards failure is Kamala Harris.

Fetterman: Israel ‘deserves much better from my party’ The Pennsylvania Democratic senator’s criticism of his party drew loud applause from pro-Israel activists

https://jewishinsider.com/2025/05/john-fetterman-democrat-antisemitism-israel-norpac-deserves-better/

As Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) faces attacks from the media and fellow lawmakers in the Democratic Party, he hit back at members of his own party on Tuesday in remarks to a group of bipartisan activists in Washington.

Speaking to members of NORPAC, a pro-Israel advocacy organization, Fetterman offered some of his sharpest criticism yet of the Democratic Party’s approach to Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

“Israel and your community deserves much better from my party,” Fetterman said, earning loud applause. 

He described how American universities have produced a “monoculture that produced, actually, rampant antisemitism,” and called to address it — but suggested Democrats are not interested in doing so. 

“We have to address that. But in my party, you will pay a price,” said Fetterman. “That’s OK. I think that’s what defines character … that you’re going to support things even if it moves against your own political interest.”

Several recent reports have suggested that Fetterman is struggling with mental health challenges, which Fetterman has denied. 

After papal election, Liz Cheney demonstrates how Trump continues to live rent-free inside her head By Monica Showalter

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/after_papal_election_liz_cheney_demonstrates_how_trump_continues_to_live_rent_free_inside_her_head.html

With Pope Leo XIV’s election in the Vatican, politicians and world leaders of all kinds moved to deliver their congratulations, extending their best wishes.

But then there’s Liz Cheney, still dreaming of Donald Trump over anything else, even a papal election.

She actually tweeted this:

It’s always all about Trump with her, isn’t it?

Instead of congratulating the new pope, she tried to compare President Trump to him unfavorably, the one all full of ‘grace, humility, mercy, and faith’ and the other full of ‘depraved cruelty, corruption and shame,’ none of which is remotely true. The two might actually become friendly which would probably give Liz the vapors.

The whole post stinks because it’s focused on who’s the more famous one. Things like this are irrelevant to all but the most fevered swamp-dwellers, keeping score of whose status is more important.

David Christopher Kaufman Andrew Cuomo Is Betting on Jewish Voters. But Do They Want Him as the Next Mayor? The former New York governor has said that anti-Semitism is his campaign’s most important issue.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-mayor-race-andrew-cuomo-zohran-mamdani-eric-adams-jewish-voters

Even by the madcap standards of New York City mayoral races, the 2025 campaign for City Hall looks like a doozy. The election’s most unanticipated elements are the surprise surges of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo—who survived short-lived political exile to become the race’s frontrunner—and his chief rival, Queens socialist and state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

One of Cuomo’s big bets is on Jewish voters. Anti-Semitism, Cuomo declared in early April, is his campaign’s “most important issue . . . the toughest issue facing the city of New York and the country.” He’s made fighting the city’s anti-Semitic outbreak central to his tough-guy persona—and used it to present himself as the ideal foil to Mamdani, an outspoken opponent of Zionism.

Though Mamdani is trying to connect with Jewish voters—including making an appearance at an annual breakfast event hosted by the Orthodox-heavy Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush, in Brooklyn—he has a long road ahead of him in that effort. Mamdani has called Israel’s war with Hamas a “genocide,” and he protested with other Democratic Socialists in anti-Israel rallies just after Hamas’ October 7 massacre. He has taken part in a hunger strike—alongside celebrity activist Cynthia Nixon—in support of a Gaza ceasefire. And he introduced a bill that would make it harder to donate to charities that support West Bank settlements, part of his well-documented support of the odious Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.

When it comes to the Jews, Mamdani also has questionable taste in allies. The mayoral hopeful recently called it “an honor” to meet with Rev. Al Sharpton, instigator of the infamous Crown Heights riots. And late last month he earned the endorsement of French Communist Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has a long history of playing footsie with anti-Semites.

Let’s Face It, Dems Have Always Been ‘Dark Woke’

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/05/09/lets-face-it-dems-have-always-been-dark-woke/

By now, you’ve probably heard the term “dark woke.” It’s supposed to represent a new, edgy, gloves-off messaging strategy among Democrats.

But what’s new about this? Democrats have always taken the low road.

A recent New York Times feature says “As liberals try to get their groove back, some party insiders say Democratic politicians have been encouraged to embrace a new form of combative rhetoric aimed at winning back voters who have responded to President Trump’s no-holds-barred version of politics.”

An article posted on Yahoo News claims that “While traditional Democrats may still be pushing the idea of reaching across the aisle and finding a way to bring a fractured country together, this online faction is taking the gloves off and going ‘Dark Woke.’”

It’s all supposedly a response to Donald Trump’s abrasive personality.

But who are they kidding? Are we actually supposed to believe that Democrats were polite and deferential before Trump? That they were the ones reaching out to the other side for compromise? That they were the champions of civil discourse?

That’s how Democrats are routinely portrayed by their patrons in the media. But it is laughably detached from reality.

This is the party that, back in the 1960s, attacked a Republican presidential candidate with an ad showing a girl picking petals off a flower only to be obliterated by a nuclear bomb. Ronald Reagan was routinely on the receiving end of vicious attacks from Democrats. In 2003, Charles Krauthammer coined the term “Bush Derangement Syndrome” to describe the unhinged hostility Democrats had for George W. Bush.

Kamala Harris is as cringey and vapid as ever Her rambling, Trump-bashing speech exposed a Democratic Party in disarray. Jenny Holland

https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/05/04/kamala-harris-is-as-cringey-and-vapid-as-ever/

Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ favourite wine aunt, has made a surprise return to the spotlight. In a speech to an audience of Democrats last week, in her hometown of San Francisco, she attacked President Trump on what was his 100th day in office.

Judging by the speech, it seems Harris has learned nothing from her epic defeat to Trump in last year’s presidential race. She seemed as incapable as ever of offering a cogent, unifying message for a party that is now in disarray.

Instead, she went heavy on meaningless platitudes – ‘the one power that must not fail’, she said, before a long dramatic pause, ‘is the voice of the people’. And she continued to indulge progressives’ fantasy that they are the good guys, the people who fight for truth, justice and the American way. In truth, we all know they are the lunatics who support things like tax-payer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal migrants.

None of this should be a surprise. Harris perfectly embodies the Democratic Party’s derangement, and its abandonment of the American working and lower-middle classes. She is a deeply unserious figure incapable of offering much beyond the ‘progressive’ pieties of the day.

The highlight of her otherwise banal speech was a bizarre ramble about how elephants – ironically, the symbol of the Republican Party – stick together and protect their own. Other than that, Harris dutifully spewed predictable right-on criticisms of the first 100 days of the Trump administration. She slammed the tariff policy, the deportations of illegal migrants and gang members, and the showdowns with Ivy League universities.

If you live in a blue bubble, which her audience almost certainly does, you would no doubt agree with her dystopian portrait of life under Trump. But if you live in the reality-based community, which many Americans clearly do, you would be far more understanding of what the new president is trying to do.

David Hogg’s Implosion at the DNC Is Totally Underway Matt Margolis

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/04/24/is-david-hoggs-implosion-at-the-dnc-is-totally-happening-n4939188

I previously predicted that David Hogg’s days as DNC Vice Chair were numbered. And it looks like I’ve already been proven right. According to a new report, the Democratic establishment is scrambling to contain this loose-cannon, know-it-all kid who wants to spend $20 million on an intraparty civil war.

“A week after Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg unveiled a controversial plan to back primary challenges to longtime party incumbents, anger at the activist-turned-Democratic leader is only intensifying among party officials,” reports NOTUS. “These Democratic critics say their fury at Hogg has grown amid what they see as his ill-conceived and insufficient efforts to make amends for his planned primary campaign — a campaign that, they say, threatens the DNC’s neutrality and its capacity to fight back against President Donald Trump.”

At a DNC retreat last month, officers — including Hogg — finalized updates to the party’s neutrality pledge and other reforms. While Hogg actively participated in the discussions, a senior DNC official noted he stayed silent when the neutrality agreement came up. Just three weeks later, Hogg announced plans to challenge primary candidates, fueling internal backlash. Although party leaders say the neutrality changes were in motion before Hogg’s announcement, they could help address growing frustration with him. 

According to the article, some Democrats are reportedly floating the idea of forcing Hogg to choose between continuing his campaign or stepping down as DNC vice chair, with suggestions that the party may even consider changing its rules to make that happen.