Democrats Own Up to a Flawed Playbook—The Harder Question Is What Comes Next

Democrats Own Up to a Flawed Playbook—The Harder Question Is What Comes Next

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) acknowledged this week that the party’s approach to reaching voters is broken. That admission, contained in the opening pages of a 200-plus-page campaign playbook released on March 28, came with a plan to fix the party’s organizing mechanics. It did not come with an answer to the broader question facing Democrats heading into the November 2026 midterm elections: What does the party stand for beyond opposit…