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David Axelrod: “The party should look deeper and say, why is it that so many people are disaffected from institutions in this country?”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2025
The party should look deeper and say, why is it that so many people are disaffected from institutions in this country?
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod suggests that the Democratic Party needs to understand why they have lost support among working-class people.

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