{"id":2398,"date":"2026-08-18T18:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:10:36","slug":"dems-are-losing-the-public-relations-war-as-party-lurches-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2398","title":{"rendered":"Dems Are Losing The Public Relations War As Party Lurches Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>After a primary season marked by socialist wins \u2014 and a party that can\u2019t seem to stop the dramatic lurch to the Left \u2014 Democrats are losing the public relations game with average voters, and they\u2019re losing big.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2396\">Trump Admin Takes Aim At Decades Old Roadblock To Restoring Gun Rights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten detailed the Democratic Party\u2019s flagging favorability numbers during a Tuesday morning segment \u2014 and although he was also careful to note that President Donald Trump was not faring any better in recent polls, he made it clear that Democrats still had some serious work to do ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s political brand ain\u2019t too hot to trot these days,\u201d Enten explained, holding his nose for emphasis when he added, \u201cBut I gotta tell you, P-U when it comes to the Democratic brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe net favorability rating of the Democratic Party \u2014 you know, back in 2018, when Democrats during the first Trump presidency, right? When they were able to win back control of the House? They were even,\u201d Enten said.<\/p>\n<p>Enten\u2019s tone was incredulous as he dropped the comparison to 2026: \u201cTwenty-five points underwater! Oof. Oof. You know, the Dem brand, it\u2019s not too good these days, it\u2019s not too good. It kind of smells like a New York sidewalk in the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But what Enten did not address was the wide ideological chasm between the Democrats who ran \u2014 and ultimately flipped a number of seats \u2014 in the 2018 midterms and the Democrats who have secured primary wins in the 2026 cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2394\">WNBA Teams Have An Unpatriotic Tradition During The National Anthem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the 2018 winners were two who eventually switched their party affiliation either to Republicans or independent: New Jersey\u2019s Rep. Jeff Van Drew \u2014 now a Republican \u2014 and Arizona\u2019s former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who declared her affiliation to be independent in 2022. Others, like Reps. Max Rose (D-NY), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) were somewhat moderate in their voting records.<\/p>\n<p>Just eight years later, the big primary wins have gone to a number of far-Left candidates who openly attack Israel and embrace socialism \u2014 and even a few who are card-carrying members of the Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan\u2019s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, for example, proudly campaigned alongside antisemitic communist and Mao Zedong superfan Hasan Piker \u2014 and he was not the only one to do so. DSA-aligned candidates won primaries in New York on the coattails of Democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>And as more moderate Democrats lose to primary challenges from the far-Left, a number of others have opted to fall in line in an attempt to save their own skins, defending the rise of socialism by claiming that the Democrat tent is big enough for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2391\">Islamist Immigrant Murderer Allowed To Flee Country, Was Given \u201948-Hour\u2019 Leave From Mental Hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a primary season marked by socialist wins \u2014 and a party that can\u2019t seem to stop the dramatic lurch to the Left \u2014 Democrats are losing the public relations game with average voters, and they\u2019re losing big.CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten detailed the Democratic Party\u2019s flagging favorability numbers during a Tuesday morning segment \u2014 and although he was also careful to note that President Donald Trump was not faring any better in recent polls, he made it clear that Democrats still had some serious work to do ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s political brand ain\u2019t too hot to trot these days,\u201d Enten explained, holding his nose for emphasis when he added, \u201cBut I gotta tell you, P-U when it comes to the Democratic brand.\u201d\u201cThe net favorability rating of the Democratic Party \u2014 you know, back in 2018, when Democrats during the first Trump presidency, right? When they were able to win back control of the House? They were even,\u201d Enten said.Enten\u2019s tone was incredulous as he dropped the comparison to 2026: \u201cTwenty-five points underwater! Oof. Oof. You know, the Dem brand, it\u2019s not too good these days, it\u2019s not too good. It kind of smells like a New York sidewalk in the summer.\u201dBut what Enten did not address was the wide ideological chasm between the Democrats who ran \u2014 and ultimately flipped a number of seats \u2014 in the 2018 midterms and the Democrats who have secured primary wins in the 2026 cycle.Among the 2018 winners were two who eventually switched their party affiliation either to Republicans or independent: New Jersey\u2019s Rep. Jeff Van Drew \u2014 now a Republican \u2014 and Arizona\u2019s former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who declared her affiliation to be independent in 2022. Others, like Reps. Max Rose (D-NY), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) were somewhat moderate in their voting records.Just eight years later, the big primary wins have gone to a number of far-Left candidates who openly attack Israel and embrace socialism \u2014 and even a few who are card-carrying members of the Democratic Socialists of America.Michigan\u2019s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, for example, proudly campaigned alongside antisemitic communist and Mao Zedong superfan Hasan Piker \u2014 and he was not the only one to do so. DSA-aligned candidates won primaries in New York on the coattails of Democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.And as more moderate Democrats lose to primary challenges from the far-Left, a number of others have opted to fall in line in an attempt to save their own skins, defending the rise of socialism by claiming that the Democrat tent is big enough for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dems Are Losing The Public Relations War As Party Lurches Left - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2398\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dems Are Losing The Public Relations War As Party Lurches Left - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After a primary season marked by socialist wins \u2014 and a party that can\u2019t seem to stop the dramatic lurch to the Left \u2014 Democrats are losing the public relations game with average voters, and they\u2019re losing big.CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten detailed the Democratic Party\u2019s flagging favorability numbers during a Tuesday morning segment \u2014 and although he was also careful to note that President Donald Trump was not faring any better in recent polls, he made it clear that Democrats still had some serious work to do ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s political brand ain\u2019t too hot to trot these days,\u201d Enten explained, holding his nose for emphasis when he added, \u201cBut I gotta tell you, P-U when it comes to the Democratic brand.\u201d\u201cThe net favorability rating of the Democratic Party \u2014 you know, back in 2018, when Democrats during the first Trump presidency, right? When they were able to win back control of the House? They were even,\u201d Enten said.Enten\u2019s tone was incredulous as he dropped the comparison to 2026: \u201cTwenty-five points underwater! Oof. Oof. You know, the Dem brand, it\u2019s not too good these days, it\u2019s not too good. It kind of smells like a New York sidewalk in the summer.\u201dBut what Enten did not address was the wide ideological chasm between the Democrats who ran \u2014 and ultimately flipped a number of seats \u2014 in the 2018 midterms and the Democrats who have secured primary wins in the 2026 cycle.Among the 2018 winners were two who eventually switched their party affiliation either to Republicans or independent: New Jersey\u2019s Rep. Jeff Van Drew \u2014 now a Republican \u2014 and Arizona\u2019s former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who declared her affiliation to be independent in 2022. Others, like Reps. 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