Overview

• James Carville said Democrats “betrayed” working-class voters by excluding non-college whites from their coalition and must own that failure.
• On his Politics War Room podcast, he expressed sympathy for those whose lives faltered and credited MAGA with offering an external explanation for their struggles.
• Carville criticized “urbanist” Democrats for labeling rural Americans as “fat, lazy and stupid” and called for a formal apology to rebuild trust.
• Data from Democratic firm Catalist shows Trump’s 2024 win was driven by gains among non-college white men, Black men, Latinos, Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders and rural voters.
• He warned that the MAGA movement predates Trump and will endure beyond his presidency, posing a lasting challenge for Democratic outreach.