Why Dems are suddenly confident about 2026

[RandySF]

Democrats have a rare bright spot in their party's existential crisis: 2026, at least to them, looks pretty good.

Why it matters: The party is full of angst over how to retake the White House and win back the voters they lost to President Trump over the past decade. But they feel increasingly sanguine about taking back the House next year.

Here's the five-part theory of the case for why Dems are optimistic about 2026, as laid out by more than a dozen of their top campaign staffers.......


https://www.axios.com/2025/07/29/democrats-2026-midterm-elections-trump

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Axios? Seriously?

So many faulty premises…Axios always starts with the assumption “Dems in disarray” and works down from there…

Dems should be optimistic about 2026, first and foremost, because the party out of power nearly always has the advantage in the midterms, at least for the house, but odds for retaking the senate are improving with every step the Trump administration takes towards Facism.

The party is full of angst over how to retake the White House and win back the voters they lost to President Trump over the past decade

The party is full of angst? More likely the consultant class is full of angst because Mamdani’s earthshaking, groundbreaking candidacy forces them to think outside of their tiny little decades old ironclad boxes to consider, even briefly, that the key to winning the White House is not by focusing all resources on “winning back voters they lost to Trump over the past decade”, but rather, inspiring and motivating the inconsistent, despairing, cynical young voters who don’t always show up at the polls, but when they do, vote for Dems 2 to 1 over republicans.

Mamdani’s candidacy has shown how to do both.

[ILikePie92]

3. Enjoy my stay?

You made my point ...much appreciated

[Wounded Bear]

2. Confidence is that feeling you have before you understand the situation...

Keep working.