Dems Remain Out Of Touch

The Democratic Party Abandoned the People and is Paying the Price. Is this the End?

By Bill Wilson

Mainstream Democrats were stunned when President Donald Trump won reelection on a populist America First mandate from a diverse coalition of Americans.

It is clear the institutional left believed that Kamala Harris could win the presidency and firmly believed we the people endorsed their destructive anti-American agenda.

They were wrong. From their disastrous open borders experiment to their abandonment of the working class, radical diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agenda, and insane deconstruction of gender, the institutional left has been focused increasingly on issues Americans either outright disagree with them on or simply do not prioritize.  

Now, the American people are largely out-of-sync with the Democratic Party, and President Trump’s already diverse coalition — which includes sizeable shares of young people, minorities, women, independents and former Democrats — is growing.  

This isn’t to say most Americans are now identifying as Republicans, they aren’t. However, a vast and growing number of independents are shifting the country’s focus toward issues like the economy and the border. 

A great many of these independent voters support the foundation of Trump’s platform — including his quest for energy independence, his promise to avoid foreign entanglements, actions to secure the border and his declaration that the science of gender is indeed, science.

According to Gallup polling conducted as 2024 wrapped up, Democratic Party identification has been sliding precipitously since it’s golden age under newly-anointed President Obama in 2008. 

The share of Americans who identify as Democrat has fallen below 30 percent, with just 28 percent of the country saying they are Democrats now. In 2020, 30 percent of Americans said they were Democrats. In 2016, 31 percent did, and in 2012 the number was the same at 31 percent. In 2012, 36 percent of Americans said they were Democrats, the highest number in the last 25 years. 

As Democrat identity has fallen, independent identity has been on the rise. Independent identity is at a peak, with 43 percent of the country identifying as independent. This is up eight points since 2008, and four points since 2020. The share of Americans who identify as Republican is the same as it was in 2008 — 28 percent. Clearly, as the number of independent voters has grown, the Democrat Party has lost membership. 

Americans reached a breaking point in the 2024 election, and rebelled, aggressively, against the institutional left. Now voters say they believe the Democratic Party is focused on all the wrong issues, and none of the ones they themselves care about.

A recent New York Times poll found that the way Americans perceive the Democratic Party’s priorities is very telling as to why the party is losing membership.

Voters say the Democratic Party’s priorities are abortion, LGBTQ issues, and climate change, while saying their own priorities are the economy and inflation, health care and immigration.

Voters also say the Republican Party is more focused on issues they care about — stating that Republicans are more focused on immigration, the economy and taxes.

Americans have correctly identified that Democrats are heavily fixated on abortion and LGBTQ social issues, at the expense of attending to the economy, the border, and the regulatory and tax environment.

31 percent of voters say that abortion is the Democratic Party’s primary focus, while just 13 percent of Americans say abortion is their primary issue, an eighteen-point disparity. 31 percent of voters also say the Democratic Party’s primary focus is LGBTQ issues, but a mere 4 percent of Americans say LGBTQ issues are their top concern.

There is slightly more overlap on climate change and the state of democracy, with a quarter of Americans saying Democrats are primarily focused on climate change while 15 percent of voters say climate change is their primary issue. 20 percent of Americans say the Democratic Party is primarily focused on the state of democracy, while 13 percent say the state of democracy is their top issue.

Not a single top issue that Americans say the Democratic Party is focused on is an issue that they themselves prioritize.

So what do Americans prioritize? The economy is a good start — 47 percent of the country says the economy is the most important issue to them personally and 35 percent of the country says the Republican Party is primarily focused on the economy. Just 17 percent say the Democratic Party is focused on the economy.    

Healthcare is the next most important issue to Americans, with 30 percent of the country saying healthcare is their number one priority. 17 percent of voters say healthcare is the Democratic Party’s top focus, far fewer than the share who say the party is focused on abortion, LGBTQ issues, climate changeand democracy.

Immigration (26 percent) and taxes (20 percent) are also high priorities for Americans. Unsurprisingly, Americans say the Republican Party is more focused on immigration (55 percent) and taxes (26 percent) than the Democratic Party is. 

What this shows is a startling lack of awareness on the part of not only the Democratic Party proper, but the entire matrix of political analysts, pollsters, media hacks, lobbyists and large institutions that prop it up.

How a collection of individuals who believe themselves to be highly educated observers of social behavior managed to miss the fact that people care more about crippling inflation and the border crisis than fixating on abortion and gender issues is truly remarkable.

If Democrats do not come to terms with the reasons for their losses instead of lecturing over half the county, they will sink into irrelevancy. They destroyed the economy, the border, the culture and nearly the American spirit, and now they ask why people are fleeing in droves.

Bill Wilson is the former president of Americans for Limited Government.

To view online: https://dailytorch.com/2025/02/the-democratic-party-abandoned-the-people-and-is-paying-the-price-is-this-the-end/

Note To Schumer: DOGE Is Legal, Get Over It

Feb. 4, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s false claim that the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Service is an “unelected shadow government conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government”:

“Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knows full well that President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Service is acting directly on behalf of the elected President of the United States, that it is doing so under his constitutional Article II powers to execute the laws of the United States, and that it was established under law, 5 U.S.C. Sec. 3161, by executive order as the law provides, as a temporary organization in the Executive Office of the President, not unlike its predecessor, the U.S. Digital Service. The sad fact that Congress has not done its oversight duties and have left the waste intact is a reflection on Schumer’s fecklessness. To call a temporary White House operated and deputized organization like DOGE an ‘unelected shadow government conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government’ may play well with his radical online donors and public employee unions, but it is election denying nonsense.”

Attachments:

5 U.S.C. Sec. 3161 at https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3161:

(a)Definition of Temporary Organization.—For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “temporary organization” means a commission, committee, board, or other organization that—

(1) is established by law or Executive order for a specific period not in excess of three years for the purpose of performing a specific study or other project; and

(2) is terminated upon the completion of the study or project or upon the occurrence of a condition related to the completion of the study or project.

“Executive Order Establishing And Implementing The President’s ‘Department Of Government Efficiency’,” Jan. 20, 2025 at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/ : “There shall be a USDS Administrator established in the Executive Office of the President who shall report to the White House Chief of Staff. There is further established within USDS, in accordance with section 3161 of title 5, United States Code, a temporary organization known as ‘the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization’.”

To view online: https://getliberty.org/2025/02/note-to-schumer-doge-is-legal-get-over-it/

Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Jackson Moody: President Trump saves electricity grid from projected disaster

By Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Jackson Moody

Here’s a dirty secret: The North American Electric Reliability Corp. projects that more homes will have blackouts over the next decade. That’s why President Trump’s energy executive orders have arrived not a moment too soon.

When blackouts occur, people can’t cook, use lights and heat, or recharge computers or cellphones. For people in frail health, interruptions can be fatal, especially in winter. Americans learned from winter storm Uri in Texas in 2021, which caused 246 deaths, that lights must stay on and houses must be kept warm, or people die.

The grid’s weakness stems from surging energy demand and planned closures of numerous power plants. Energy demand is skyrocketing as companies build more data centers and artificial intelligence applications.

At the same time, Inflation Reduction Act tax credits skew investment toward intermittent wind and solar power. But applications for new baseload power, which operates around the clock — coal, natural gas and nuclear — are lagging.

On his first day in office, Mr. Trump called for reversing President Biden’s anti-energy agenda with multiple executive orders.

Mr. Trump withdrew America from the Paris Agreement, which required costly, unreliable wind and solar power. This will save trillions of dollars, decrease electricity and transportation costs, and allow people worldwide to develop their own natural resources, including fossil fuel resources.

The president called for increased development of rare earth minerals, elimination of the electric vehicle mandate and development of energy sources readily abundant on U.S. soil: coal and natural gas. Americans can choose which cars and appliances to buy, abandoning electrification incentives.

The president temporarily halted the leasing and permitting of all federal wind energy, which consistently overpromises and underdelivers at the expense of U.S. taxpayers.

Finally, the president ended the Biden administration’s restrictions on energy resource development in Alaska.

These are wise decisions. The government must take immediate action if America wants to avoid the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s projected blackouts.

The organization’s report states, “Less overall capacity … is being added to the system than what was projected and needed to meet future demand.” It predicts that 10 of the 20 regional assessment areas that divide the North American power grid are at elevated risk. Blackouts may occur in extreme weather conditions within the next four years. This is a clear warning, and Americans should be concerned.

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. is particularly concerned about the stability of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, which operates the power grid in portions of 15 states in the Midwest and South. The report warns of energy shortfalls even at normal peak conditions. More than half the power grid is anticipated to be at elevated risk in the next four years.

Energy droughts are more likely during high-demand times, including during extreme weather such as a winter storm or a polar vortex. Electricity demand soars, but renewable energy is dependent on the sun shining and the wind blowing, and these sources are not reliable.

Mr. Trump’s changes to energy policy will help reverse the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s disturbing forecast. By prioritizing the development of readily abundant energy sources on U.S. soil, halting federal wind energy, and unleashing Alaska’s energy resource development, he will reduce incentives for unreliable wind and solar and raise incentives for coal and natural gas power plants. These executive actions will help stabilize the power grid and reduce the likelihood of its failure.

Biden-era regulations mandated electric cars, stoves and water heaters and required power plants to close if they could not bury 95% of their carbon emissions. The combination of artificially induced electricity demand and the required closures of power plants would have caused blackouts and deaths. Let us hope this disaster has been permanently averted.

Americans depend on electricity. People want to be sure of lights and climate control when the next winter storm or heat wave comes. America has plenty of power. All we have to do is use it.

To view online: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/4/president-trump-saves-electricity-grid-projected-d/

Urge Senate To Work Seven Days A Week Until Trump Cabinet Picks Are Confirmed!

It is the week of Feb. 4, and so far the Senate has gotten around to confirming nine of President Donald Trump’s nominees into office with a few more to come this week despite having a 53 to 47 Republican majority that is owed in no small part to Trump’s popularity in the 2024 election in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. 

The truth is, there are about 1,300 positions in the administration that ultimately require Senate confirmation by law, resulting in Presidents resorting to appointing acting officials until permanent selections can be made. At the current rate — nine confirmations in 16 days, or 0.56 confirmations per day — the Senate will only be able to confirm about 200 administration officials per year, or 800 of the 1,300 for the entire four years of President Trump’s second term. They’d never complete the process.

As it is, at the current rate, it will take about ten more days just to get the 15 cabinet secretaries confirmed, to say nothing of the deputies, assistants to the secretary and agencies that also need to be staffed.

You know what to do! Let’s urge the Senate to work seven days a week until the Trump cabinet is confirmed, including all of the deputies and assistants needed so that the executive branch can move at the speed of Trump. That means the Senate needs to move at the speed of Silicon Valley to get the President’s team in place so they can implement the Trump agenda.

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