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I joined two top Democratic Party strategists on Times Radio on Saturday to analyze if the Democrats can build on success in Tuesday’s elections from New York City to Virginia to New Jersey to California.
Will Marshall is one of the founders of the New Democrat movement in the 1990s and has been President of the Progessive Policy Institute since 1989. Mark Longabaugh was a senior advisor to Bernie Sanders’ 2016 Presidential campaign.
In the 23-minute discussion, I set out the possibilities, highlighted by the state and local elections, of a “positive politics” versus Donald Trump’s negative approach.
“Us v. them” and “enemies within” might have worked for Trump in opposition. But when you present voters with that when they have these day-to-day issues, that division and confrontation does not necessarily work.
Marshall and Longabaugh debate what that means for policies and personalities. Can Tuesday’s success be extended across all 50 states next November?
