What Went Right? What Went Wrong?

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Much of our time in the past weeks has been very reasonable frustration and anger with the Republican Party. For a moment though, lets turn our attention to our own party, the summer Presidential campaign, and the fall election. Please share what you think the Democratic Party's strengths are and what we need to improve on.

Include what specific issues/policies you think we need to focus more on. Messaging is a big part of this but let’s also give feedback on policy, platform, and practices. What do you and your neighbors and your families need? What does Urban America need? Rural America? The Working Class? The purpose of this survey is just to collect thoughts to share with both the state and national party.

If you are comfortable leaving your name and email, please do. If you do not, you can leave those spots blank and be anonymous.

I know we are all busy, so answer as many or as few questions as you would like.

I will not be sharing this with press but will organize the thoughts to see common threads to share with State Leadership and National Committee members.

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What are the strengths of the National Democratic Party?

More specifically, what policies/legislation did Democrats create/support over the past few years that stand out to you in a positive way.

What do you think "went wrong" with the national campaign? What are things we can learn from moving forward?

What topics do you feel Democrats (state or national) need to focus more policy/energy on moving forward?

Are there any groups of Americans that you feel the Democratic Party has become disconnected from?

Are there any issues that received too much/too little attention from the Democratic Party this year that may have led to people feeling disconnected?

What do residents in your town/community need from our leaders? What do your family members need?

“We don’t listen enough; we tell people what’s good for them. We are out of touch with the crisis of meaning/purpose fueling MAGA” -Chris Murphy (D-CT)

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"My argument to the party is that we should build a bigger tent. I think populist economics should be the tent pole. I think if you want in, you should believe that government should be on a mission to break up corporate power and dramatically raise the average income of working families in this country. But if you don't agree with us on abortion, or you don't agree with us on guns, or you don't agree with us on climate, we still want you in the tent. We want you to be part of that conversation as long as you're aligned with us on trying to make the economy fair." - Chris Murphy (D-CT)

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“Within the party, we need to make sure we have a very clear direction to go. We need to have our own ideas. We’ll never win again if we are just playing defense.” -Rep Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

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“In my view, the Democrats lost this election because they ignored the justified anger of working class America and became the defenders of a rigged economic and political system. If you’re an average working person out there, do you really think that the Democratic Party is going to the mat, taking on powerful special interests and fighting for you? I think the overwhelming answer is no.” - Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt)

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“I don’t know that there’s one answer. A lot of people like to come up with things, and they say it’s the economy. Well, it could have been a part of it. I think every state had their own little nuance. In Michigan, the Palestinian issue played something there.”

“The gap in which she lost wasn’t huge, but when you add up little pockets where it’s, some people because of Gaza, some people because of the economy, some people because she was a woman. And I think in many of those states, those little nicks here and there added up to how she lost in some of those states.”-Former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison

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