For the party to win again, they have to “take it back,” the strategist wrote, adding that “perception is everything” and that many voters see the Democratic Party as being “out to lunch” on the economy, and not feeling the pain of voters or caring too much about other issues.
He didn’t listen to himself Voters see Democrats as ‘out to lunch’ on the economy and as caring too much about other issues, former Bill Clinton strategist argues.
Carville argued that president-elect Trump won by convincing middle-class and low-income voters focused on the economy to back him and that “Democrats have flat-out lost the economic narrative.”.
He argued that the party must stop making Trump their main focus, noting that he can’t be elected again and that many Americans don’t care about his indictments, his “anti-democratic impulses, or about social issues if they cannot provide for themselves or their families.”.
The 80-year-old said Democrats have to be “entirely focused on the issues that affect Americans’ everyday lives.”.
