Left, Right & Center Did anyone learn anything from the 2025 elections?
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Nov 7, 2025 Mike DuBke, a Republican communications strategist, and Rebecca Piercy, a Democratic political strategist, discuss the recent election outcomes. They analyze how Democrats’ focus on affordability resonated with voters, leading to key wins in Virginia and New Jersey. The conversation dives into California's Proposition 50 as a response to redistricting and whether it represents a genuine democratic effort or a partisan maneuver. The duo also debates the implications of Zoran Mamdani’s victory for the Democratic party and the challenges of voter choice in a two-party system.
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Affordability Won Local Races
- Democrats won by focusing on affordability and kitchen-table issues rather than ideology.
- Republicans failed to emphasize inflation and everyday costs, repeating a 2024 mistake.
Message Discipline Trumps Loudness
- Message discipline on voter priorities produced wins for Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger.
- Voters rewarded steady executive-style leadership over loud, divisive rhetoric.
Intra-Party Reckoning Looms
- Democrats face a reckoning between executive-style candidates and the party's legislative factions.
- The party must choose whether to prioritize kitchen-table messaging or ideological fights.
