Democrats’ Lurch to the Left Spurs the Crackup of Obama’s Electoral Coalition as Working-Class Minorities Abandon Party

The 44th president, in his Kalorama mansion, 2.5 miles from the White House, has seen the arc of history bend toward Trump Tower and Mar-a-Lago.

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President Obama at the Democratic National Convention on August 20, 2024. AP/Brynn Anderson

Postmortems of the Democratic Party’s loss, running well beyond the defeat of Vice President Harris and Governor Walz, are starting to come in from some of the party’s most perceptive thinkers.

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