GOP culture war attacks 'alarmingly potent,' DCCC warns
Politico
Democrats own research shows that some battleground voters think the party is preachy, judgmental and focused on culture wars, according to documents obtained by POLITICO.
And the partys House campaign arm had a stark warning for Democrats: Unless they more forcefully confront the GOPs alarmingly potent culture war attacks, from critical race theory to defunding the police, they risk losing significant ground to Republicans in the midterms.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is recommending a new strategy to endangered members and their teams, hoping to blunt the kinds of GOP attacks that nearly erased their majority last election and remain a huge risk ahead of November. In presentations over the past two weeks, party officials and operatives used polling and focus group findings to argue Democrats cant simply ignore the attacks, particularly when theyre playing at a disadvantage. A generic ballot of swing districts from late January showed Democrats trailing Republicans by 4 points, according to the polling.
It wasnt all bleak, though: The data showed that Democrats could mostly regain the ground lost to Republicans if they offered a strong rebuttal to the political hits. When faced with a defund the police attack, for instance, the presenters encouraged Democrats to reiterate their support for police. And on immigration, they said Democrats should deny support for open borders or amnesty, and talk about their efforts to keep the border safe.