The Democrats have scored some important wins in New York, Virginia and New Jersey recently. President Trump’s approval ratings are low but so are the Democrats’. How would you characterize the party’s position after the first year of Trump’s second term?
The party is caught between two strong forces that pull it in slightly different directions. One is being defined principally by opposition to Trump, the other is figuring out what it stands for and presenting an appealing agenda to the American people. The recent election results show the American people remain hungry for forceful opposition to President Trump. He has always been quite unpopular, though was buoyed by people’s memory of the economy being solid in his first term.
