Democrats Still Can't Figure Out What Happened in 2024

Any forward pivot in American politics usually involves a fretful look backward, and as the Trumpian GOP sizes up prospects for the 2026 midterms, a new breakdown of the failures of the Democratic Party over the 2024 election cycle has materialized. On Monday, the Democratic polling group Catalist released its in-depth analysis of the 2024 debacle-the most detailed such postmortem to date. The top-line message of the report can be summed up as follows: massive system failure.