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Washington Post
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Six things Democrats need to do if they want to win elections again
Regarding James Carville and Stanley B. Greenberg's June 25 online op-ed, 'Why we expect an earthquake in the 2026 midterms': Carville and Greenberg committed one of the cardinal sins of politics: applying a one-size-fits-all approach to elections. They urged readers to ignore the outcome of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary — which resulted in the nomination of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani over former governor Andrew M. Cuomo — and instead focus on 'electable' candidates such as moderates Mikie Sherrill, who is running for governor of New Jersey, and Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for Virginia governor, as the future of the party. This is a false dichotomy. Mamdani is electable in his race, and Sherrill and Spanberger are electable in theirs.
New York Times
30-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
A Year After ‘Loveless Landslide,' U.K. Leader Is Even Less Popular
A year ago this week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain swept into 10 Downing Street with a landslide majority of 172 seats. As his first anniversary approached, more than 120 of those Labour Party members of Parliament threatened to vote down their leader's signature welfare legislation. It has been that kind of year for Mr. Starmer. Though he made hasty concessions last week to keep the bill on track, the mutiny makes clear what a reversal of fortune the prime minister has suffered. Stung by political missteps, sapped by a weak economy, and distracted by foreign crises that have put a heavy strain on public finances, Mr. Starmer's government has yet to get off the ground. Labour now consistently trails Reform U.K., an insurgent, anti-immigrant party, in the polls. While he is under no immediate threat to his leadership, and the next election is not expected until 2029, Mr. Starmer's personal approval rating has collapsed, even among Labour voters. There is no shortage of people with ideas about how Mr. Starmer can turn things around, from sharper messaging to savvier management of his M.P.'s. But some are coalescing around a deceptively simple argument: his cautious, workmanlike centrist government needs to pivot to the left. 'They have to do something,' said Stanley B. Greenberg, a prominent American pollster and Democratic strategist who advised Bill Clinton, as well as Tony Blair and a host of other politicians in Britain and the United States. 'I see them only stagnating or losing ground with their current vision.' Mr. Greenberg, who is not advising this government, commissioned a poll of 2,048 adults in Britain earlier this month by YouGov Blue, a market-research firm that works with Democratic candidates in the United States. He said the results showed that Labour's best chance to repair its position was to attract voters from the left-of-center Liberal Democrat and Green parties. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Washington Post
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Ignore New York. Democrats are voting for strong candidates.
James Carville and Stanley B. Greenberg are co-founders of Democratic pollster Democracy Corps and co-authors of 'It's the Middle Class, Stupid!' Zohran Mamdani's expected victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City is sure to advance the conventional wisdom that the Democratic Party faces two very difficult years ahead.
