In the 90s, the party took a turn to the right, taking the working and middle class base for granted. Instead they went for Trump in 2024. Clinton hurt this former base with austerity, and poorly thought out welfare reform as he unleashed the private sector. As a result, today the only base is the bi-coastal,  college educated elite. When they were strong, Democrats had been pro-labor, and slightly left. Today the Democrats brand ID is destroyed. Obama was an outlier, he did have a populist coalition. On this show academic essayist Neal Meyer who is researching the transformation of the party, talks about this and specifies why there’s now evidence that the momentum might be changing. Democrats win when there’s an actual movement.