Message to Democrats: Fight the Villains, Defend the Dream, Anti-Woke is Broke
Democrats’ first- and third-most preferred messages use “fight” language, while the second-most calls for a “laser-focus on making life affordable” and specifically proposes expansion of the social safety net (+17).
Donald Trump Is the New Joe Biden
Like President Joe Biden before him, Trump is being punished by voters for insisting the economy is better than their direct experience suggests.
The Mad Libs Candidate: Polling the Perfect Democrat, No Assembly Required
If you stitched together the top-testing bio, record, and issue priorities across each audience, you’d get something like:
“This Democrat is a working-class veteran who has spent their career guided by science, evidence, and facts, created jobs in the private sector, and believes in finding common ground. They’re running on protecting Social Security and Medicare, bringing down the prices of food and goods, and making healthcare more affordable.”
Authoritarian, Just Unpopular, or Both? Trump’s Actions Under a Microscope
A majority of voters view as authoritarian Trump’s use of executive orders to target political enemies (54%), his firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics director over jobs data he disliked (50%), and his deployment of the National Guard to multiple U.S. cities (50%).
How to Become Do-Something Democrats
Voters are also prepared to reward continued pressure to release the Epstein files, with about half of voters, including independents, believing that Trump and Epstein preyed on women together.
Democrats Have the Window, Republicans Hold the Blame: Voters Poised to Blame Trump and Republicans for Shutdown
That makes the choice for Democratic leadership a strategic one: which narrative feels mission-critical, and which can best cut through in an attention economy where, for a brief moment, Democrats will have the stage.
Midwestern Not Nice (to Elon Musk)
Since the inauguration of Donald Trump, Elon Musk has set out to transform American government and politics as the frontman of the new administration. But he may have accidentally transformed something he never intended to – the wavering fortunes of the Democratic Party.
It’s a DOGE-Eat-DOGE World: Trump’s Big Vulnerability
The poll shows that voter worries about Musk and DOGE primarily center on threats to Social Security and Medicare (with a particular emphasis on these two vital programs), dangerous layoffs at key agencies, and reckless handling of Americans’ personal information.
Back to Basics: How Democrats Can Meet the Trump Moment
Voters want Democrats to focus on the basics—economic security, protecting entitlements, and standing up for working people—while avoiding ideological overreach and foreign policy-focused confusion.
Change Election, Kitchen Table Mandate: Voters Signal Clear Priorities for Democrats in Trump Era
In a change election where voters sought disruption of the status quo, being labeled as “establishment” proved more damaging than being associated with elites.
