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Democrats Pay the Price for Ignoring Working Americans

By Will Marshall
Founder and President of the Progressive Policy Institute

for The Hill

Having fired Donald Trump in 2020, U.S. voters did an about-face Tuesday and sent him back to the White House. It was a remarkable political rebound, but one that owed as much to the Democratic Party’s weakness as it did to Trump’s strengths. 

Despite heavily outspending her opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris carried not one battleground state in failing to reassemble the solid anti-Trump majority of four years ago. She also lagged behind Joe Biden’s 2020 performance with key Democratic-leaning groups: young voters, Hispanics, Blacks and even women.

The demographic and geographic sweep of Trump’s victory is impressive. He made inroads among urban and suburban voters, independents, young men and non-white working-class voters. The U.S. political map is getting redder.  
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The dust hasn't fully settled on the 2024 election yet, but after a disheartening and disappointing performance, it's important to begin analyzing where things went wrong and what Democrats need to do next. That's why PPI is hosting a post-election event to discuss what message voters delivered in this sobering election and its implications for party leaders as they look ahead.

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Deanna Ross is the Director of Workforce Development Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute. In this role, Deanna focuses primarily on analyzing and developing policy solutions that address issues pertaining to the workforce development pipeline and how the Democratic party can best win back the working class.

Prior to joining PPI, Deanna served as the Legislative Director of Labor and Economic Development in the State-Federals Relations Program at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). In this role, she engaged the federal government on numerous workforce, housing, trade, and economic development issues, on the behalf of all state legislatures across the United States. Her role there centered on building relationships with Members of Congress, the Biden-Harris administration, state-level policymakers, and other workforce and economic development stakeholder groups. She also served as an Associate at Venn Strategies and previously worked for former Representative Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-01). Deanna holds a Bachelor of Science in political science and international affairs from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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