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A new insider survey from Democrats themselves confirms the party of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and now Muslim “democrat socialist” Zohran Mamdani is in “a progressive fog,” unmoored from the realities of regular people. In fact, 70% of respondents say the party is completely “out of touch,” up from only 51% with that perspective about a decade ago. At the same time, those considering Republicans “out of touch” dropped from 70% to 65%. Voters want, at their highest priorities, Democrats to protect Social Security and Medicare, lower everyday costs and make healthcare affordable, all goals that current Democrat leaders essentially have left unaddressed. The voters say the Democrats lowest priorities should be protecting illegal aliens, raising taxes for social agenda programs, and creating special considerations for LGTB Americans, which all are high priorities for the party. It was a commentary by Jon Caldara at Complete Colorado that took the party apart. His conclusion was that the insider report “shows Democrats are detached from reality.” “Outside of Colorado, Democrats are still panicked about President Donald Trump’s victory, trying to figure out how Americans can be so stupid as to reject their elitist-driven, woke socialism. But inside Colorado, Democrats see no need to worry. Unchecked power tends to do that,” he noted, citing the report from “Welcome.” Its report, “Deciding to Win,” involved six months of work and hundreds of thousands of voter interviews. “Here’s what voters told them: the Democrat Party is too consumed by climate change, identity politics and ‘saving democracy,’ and not nearly enough about the stuff that decides whether you can pay your mortgage or afford meatloaf (of course, meatloaf is murder. How many meat-out days do you need to get that?),” the analysis confirmed. “Specifically, their deep dive found voters want the Democratic Party to prioritize (in this order): protecting Social Security and Medicare, lowering everyday costs, making health care more affordable, creating jobs and economic growth, cutting taxes on the middle class, lowering the rate of crime, and securing the border.” And Democrats should run away from issues like, “Protecting the rights of undocumented workers, raising taxes to increase spending on social programs, protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, fighting climate change, promoting unions and union jobs, promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, and reducing police brutality.” Caldara, left stunned writing his commentary, said, “Holy crap — voters want Democrats to turn into Republicans, sans the social stuff like abortion.” He said in Colorado, which is under the thumb of Democrats in the governor’s office, the state Supreme Court and the legislature, it gets worse. “Our legislature treats every session like a grad-school seminar in progressive performance art. They churn out bills on pronoun policies and green-energy mandates faster than their fans can spray-paint ‘No Kings’ on a highway viaduct. Meanwhile, working Coloradans are stuck choosing between paying their Xcel bill and making rent,” he warned. He cited the poll’s confirmation of an extremist leftist exploding among Democrats. Since Obama left the White House, he noted, “[Democrat] support for a ban on so-called ‘assault weapons’ grew from 41% to 88%; support for giving full voting rights to federal prisoners grew from 4% to 44%; banning all state abortion limits from 66% to 98%; and support “studying” reparations for descendants of slaves from 1% to 57%.” Nationwide voters dislike and oppose any use of tax dollars for EVs, for “funding someone else’s luxury car purchase.” In Colorado, “The EV gravy train just keeps rolling, you know, to save democracy.” Huge “trust deficits” for Democrats are found on crime, border security, and he said for Colorado Dems, “If they spent half as much time worrying about grocery prices as they do about greenhouse gases, they might notice working families are suffocating — not from CO2, but from the cost of living under their web of regulations and mandates.” The survey told Democrats to focus more on “the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety” and less on “climate change, democracy, abortion, identity and cultural issues.” It also warned the number of voters insisting Democrats are “too liberal” has exploded while at the same time those who think Republicans are too conservative has plunged. It shows 46% said Barack Obama was too liberal, 52% said the same of Hillary Clinton, 39% said that of Joe Biden and 50% said that of Kamala Harris. And support for the party from non-college-education Latinos is down 16%, from non-college-educated AAPI voters is down 15% and from all black voters down 11%. It claimed that political institutions are biased against Democrats, but warned that had there been more voters in 2024, President Trump would have won by a larger margin. It also charges that Democrat donors and elites are far more liberal than other party members. And it devastatingly found, “Voters trust Republicans more on most of the issues they see as top priorities.” Hugely unpopular are agendas Democrats have adopted like abolishing police, abolishing prisons, free health care for illegals, lowering the voting age, boosting alien admissions and returning to racist affirmative action plans. Ideas Democrats oppose, but are supported by the GOP and are very popular with voters, include calling cartels terrorist organizations, banning man from women’s sports, eliminating taxes on Social Security, and requiring IDs to vote. It reported Biden was on a losing path in the 2024 race, before being replaced by Harris, because of his surging inflation, his unpopular immigration practices, and an overemphasis on abortion. To win? The party must change its priorities to align with and listen to voters.
