‘No longer the party of Obama’: Democrats search for answers as standard-bearer’s influence wanes
By
Naomi Lim
November 18, 2024 8:00 am
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President-elect Donald Trump not only defeated Vice President Kamala Harris last week, he also defeated former President Barack Obama.
Obama, who campaigned hard for Harris, told the public the 2024 election was a choice, not between policies, but between values and character.
But with Trump’s decisive 312 to 226 Electoral College victory, secured, in part, by Trump becoming the first Republican since former President George W. Bush in 2004 to win the popular vote, this time by almost three million votes, the public’s choice is clear.
That choice has decimated the Democratic Party, which is poised to remain powerless in Washington, D.C., until at least 2026, and has severely undermined the legacy of its defacto leader, Obama.
After he irrevocably changed the Republican Party with his win eight years ago, the political destruction wrought by Trump in 2024 has resulted in Democrats now having to regroup, with many members urging the party to search for new leadership, not rely on its leaders of the past.
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