New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) said Saturday that Democrats have lost sight of the important economic issues facing working-class Americans as the party works to rebuild itself after a devastating loss in the 2024 presidential election.
“The party, as a whole, has lost its focus on working people,” Mamdani said in an interview with MS Now.
“People want to know: What are you going to do for rent? What are you going to do for housing? What are you going to do for gas? What are you going to do for groceries? We have to have answers to that.”
Issues like housing affordability, the cost of healthcare and rising gas prices should be at the forefront of the party’s focus, according to Mamdani, rather than ideological battles that distract from what matters to most Americans.
When did they have that focus?
I’d argue at the state level they often have, it just gets lost in the noise. At least in Wisconsin and Minnesota, where I’ve been.
You have to seperate out Dem establishment/leadership and their base/new politicians. The party can have these values if we primary often and hard enough. We really need to find a way to keep people engaged.
Californians would like a word.
At least into the '80s. It was gone by '92.