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MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS WANT PARTY LEADERS REPLACED AS DNC TURMOIL
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Alexis Sterling
June 24, 2025
Nation of Change
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_ New polling reveals growing discontent with Democratic leadership
as base pushes for stronger opposition to Trump and support for
progressive policies. _

, Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images

 

A new poll
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has revealed a widening rift between Democratic Party leadership and
its voter base, with a majority of Democrats calling for a change at
the top. The findings come amid ongoing internal strife,
disillusionment with the party’s response to escalating
authoritarianism, and mounting frustration over the failure to embrace
popular progressive policies.

The Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Thursday, found that 62 percent of
self-identified Democrats believe the party should replace its current
leaders. Just 24 percent disagreed with that sentiment, and 14 percent
either did not know or chose not to respond. The poll included over
4,200 respondents, with 1,293 identifying as Democrats, and was
conducted earlier this month.

The results land at a moment of crisis for the Democratic Party.
Following staggering losses in the 2024 election cycle—losing both
the White House and the Senate—Democrats have struggled to offer a
coherent strategy or vision in opposition to President Donald
Trump’s increasingly authoritarian administration. Conservative and
centrist commentators have argued that Democrats must shift further
right to win back voters, but polling shows the party’s base wants
the opposite.

Indeed, the Reuters/Ipsos data suggests broad support among Democrats
for policies that many party leaders have failed to champion. Roughly
four out of five Democrats—or more—said they want the party to
prioritize universal health care, affordable child care, and raising
taxes on the wealthy. However, fewer believed the party was actually
focused on delivering those priorities.

Despite strong grassroots support, the majority of elected Democrats
in Washington continue to resist progressive proposals like Medicare
for All. Senator Bernie Sanders’s most recent Medicare for All bill,
introduced earlier this year, had only 15 Democratic cosponsors out of
the 47 Democrats in the Senate caucus. Senate Minority Leader Chuck
Schumer was not among them.

Instead of taxing the wealthy, Democratic leaders have often appeared
to court billionaires. In recent weeks, some within the party
suggested Democrats should reach out to Elon Musk, who recently
severed ties with Trump but has maintained public connections to white
supremacist figures and neo-Nazis. Such proposals have been met with
alarm by progressives who see them as symbolic of the party’s
unwillingness to break from corporate influence.

The party’s handling of foreign policy has also drawn intense
scrutiny. As Trump has increased military posturing toward Iran,
Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have offered little
resistance—and in some cases, have openly supported aggressive U.S.
action. Despite polling that shows Americans overwhelmingly oppose war
with Iran and prefer diplomatic approaches, the Democratic leadership
has failed to counter Trump’s narrative.

Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has remained largely silent amid
the rising tensions. On the campaign trail last year, Harris named
Iran as the United States’ top enemy. That position has continued to
concern anti-war Democrats who hoped for a shift in tone.

One of the few prominent party figures to publicly reject this
approach was David Hogg, the Parkland survivor and progressive
organizer who served as Vice Chair of the Democratic National
Committee. After criticizing the party’s leadership for failing to
oppose the Trump administration’s war efforts and general
complacency, Hogg was removed from his position.

“Any Democrat who supports this war with Iran needs to be
primaried,” Hogg posted on social media earlier this week. “Our
generation grew up going through two multi trillion dollar wars we
should have never been involved in. We are not fucking going back to
that. If you think this is a good idea, read a history book.”

Hogg later announced he would not seek re-election to the DNC role,
further highlighting the party’s internal rift. Around the same
time, the head of a powerful teachers union also stepped down from
party leadership, and calls have intensified for DNC Chair Ken Martin
to resign.

Discord has also spread to Capitol Hill, where the leadership’s
messaging and legislative decisions have been criticized from within.
Schumer in particular has faced attacks from members of his own
caucus. Earlier this spring, he voted to advance a GOP-led funding
bill, prompting public backlash from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

“There is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,” Ocasio-Cortez
said at the time of Schumer’s decision.

The party’s challenges extend to how it navigates key social issues,
including LGBTQ+ rights. Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware, the first
openly transgender member of Congress, recently said that Democrats
must make more room for debate and welcome “imperfect allies” in
order to build long-term support for trans rights.

This combination of ideological drift, internal dysfunction, and
strategic confusion has left many voters—and even some
officials—questioning the direction of the Democratic Party. The
Reuters/Ipsos polling results reflect that crisis, suggesting that the
leadership’s inability to rally around a progressive platform or
stand firmly against Trump’s escalating authoritarianism has
alienated large swaths of its own base.

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