Can the Democrats Make a Comeback During Trump 2.0?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Recent polls have shown approval ratings for Democrats are reaching all-time lows, with voters voicing their dissatisfaction with the way major cities are being run and implementation of liberal initiatives. So what can the party do after some self-reflection? On this episode of Potomac Watch, political scientist Ruy Teixeira tells Paul Gigot what changes Democrats need to make and why the party seems to embrace dysfunction instead of reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:36.9	Whatever happened to the Democratic Party and how can that
0:41.6	party make a comeback in the age of Donald Trump? That's our subject for today on Potomac Watch,
0:46.9	the daily podcast of the Wall Street Journal opinion page. I'm Paul Giego. Welcome to you all.
0:52.4	And my guest today is Roy Tashara. He's a senior fellow
0:54.7	at the American Enterprise Institute, a political demographer by trade and author, as well of many
1:02.1	books. He's also a contributor to the liberal patriot on Substack, which is where some of the
1:07.8	more interesting debates, maybe even some of the most interesting debates
1:11.4	today are being held about the future of the Democratic Party. Welcome back, Roy. Appreciate
1:16.9	your being here. Hey, thanks for having me, Paul.
1:19.2	All right. So let me ask you first, just before we get to the Democrats, what do you think
1:22.9	about the first few months here, the Trump administration? How are they doing, given their promises in the
1:28.3	campaign? Right. Well, it's been pretty lively. You have a gift for understatement.
1:35.1	You know, they are basically, you know, promises made, promises kept, depending on which promises
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