Democrats Are Enveloped in Gloom and Doom After Worst Election Performance in Decades

Biden’s decision to stay in the race after the Democrats’ better-than-expected 2022 midterm results has his own supporters pointing fingers squarely at him. 

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Supporters watch as results come in at an election night campaign watch party for Vice President November 5, 2024, on the campus of Howard University at Washington. AP/Susan Walsh

Democrats are, unsurprisingly, reeling in the wake of the worst electoral performance by their party in decades, allowing President Trump to return to the White House with not only a popular mandate, but likely Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, as well. While the party will strategize how to dig themselves out of this, for now the blame game is dominating. 

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