Democrats have been throwing everything they have at Donald Trump and Republicans, but none of it seems to be working.
Several prominent Democrats are struggling in the polls in their respective races. And the anointed one, Kamala Harris, is creating no buzz.
As a whole, the party is polling lower than ever, which is creating a complete meltdown on the left.
With Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) having announced that he would not be running for re-election, Democrats pounced and put one of their top candidates in the race to flip this seat.
Former Democrat Governor Roy Cooper has tossed his name into the hat, a legend in the state in terms of political dominance. After a close 2016 election, he won re-election in 2020 by a very comfortable 4.51%. It was considered a close race, but that margin dwarfed his margin in the first election. You also need to keep in mind that it was amid MAGA Mania, so it was an impressive win to me.
Cooper has a monster profile in the state, having served in the state House, Senate, and having served for more than a decade as the state’s attorney general.
Yet, with all that firepower behind him, and Michael Whatley having only just entered the race, Cooper is only beating Whatley in polling by 6%. The real tell-tale sign that Whatley has a great chance is that 12% of voters were still undecided. When you consider the profile of Cooper, they are clearly looking for an alternative.
It is as though everyone just assumed that Kamala Harris would be the nominee in 2028, but the data tells us that will not be the case.
In most early polling, Harris has been leading, but her numbers are declining rapidly, and now that she has bowed out of the 2026 California gubernatorial race, she will be out of the limelight.
In the polls where Harris was not leading, Pete Buttigieg had moved into first place, and California Governor Gavin Newsom has been flying up the polls. CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten has poured water on her chances, stating, “Hold your horses here. The chance that Kamala Harris is going to be the 2028 Democratic nominee — they don’t look too good right now, to be perfectly honest with you.
“Look, Gavin Newsom is the favorite at 20%, according to the betting markets. Do not sleep on Ocasio-Cortez — AOC — right up there at 15%. Buttigieg, nine. Shapiro, six. Harris all the way down at six, basically in a tie for fourth place at this particular point. So, if you have any ideas that Kamala Harris is passing up a potential gubernatorial run for 2026 in California and perhaps would be trading up for a presidential bid, the betting markets at this point, simply put, do not buy it.”
Democrats are really hurting in leadership right now. And while many may not like what Donald Trump has done to the GOP, the party has a clear direction, something the Democrat Party is lacking.
With socialists like Zohran Mamdani and AOC rising in popularity, the Democrat Party is losing its grip, and Enten expressed a bit of panic on the left over this. He stated, “Democrats at this point are historically divided. It is a complete and utter mess. It is messier than a hoarder’s basement. What are we talking about here? The national early poll leader — 25% plus. Normally, that’s where Democrats are. [Joe] Biden was at 25% plus in 2020. Hillary Clinton was in ’08 and ’16. [Al] Gore was in ’00 and ’04.
“At this particular point, there is no one — no one — in the Democratic race for president who’s polling at 25% plus. The water is quite warm. If you’re a Democrat potentially thinking about running in 2028, jump right in — because at this point there is no front-runner.”
Then he dropped the real bombshell, adding, “I think that that is in large part of what’s going on is one of the reasons why there is no front-runner, nobody wants to put anybody up at the top of their ballot list, is because at this particular point, the Democratic brand is in the basement. It is total and complete garbage in the mind of the American public.”
I have plenty of friends on both sides of the aisle, and from that small sampling, I can tell you liberals are quite frustrated because they feel as though the biggest voices in the party are not reflective of their current beliefs. They despise Trump, but they do not embrace AOC. So, they are left in no-man’s land, feeling as though nobody in government represents their beliefs. Tough place for the party to be as the GOP looks to defy history and hold the House in mid-term elections following a party change.
