A Democratic pollster who conducted focus groups after Democrat Terry McAuliffe lost the Virginia gubernatorial race said he would tell members of his party running …
A Democratic pollster who conducted focus groups after Democrat Terry McAuliffe lost the Virginia gubernatorial race said he would tell members of his party running in 2022 that “we have a problem.” The centrist think tank Third Way sought out Bryan Stryker to help determine why a state that elected President Biden by a 10-point margin in 2020, elected a Republican governor just a year later. His focus groups targeted Virginia voters who supported Biden, but voted or strongly considered voting for Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin. Asked by The New York Times what he would tell a Democratic candidate who is running in next year’s midterm election, Stryker said he would inform them “that we have a problem,” pointing to what he sees are the party’s failures at branding and messaging. He said the party’s struggles when it comes to national branding is “probably deeper than a lot of people suspect.
