Overview
- Welcome’s Deciding to Win report draws on thousands of election results, hundreds of polls, and surveys of more than 500,000 voters conducted since late 2024.
- The authors recommend emphasizing the economy, cost of living, health care, border security, and public safety while moderating positions on immigration, public safety, energy, and some identity and cultural issues.
- Semafor reported that copies are being sent to elected Democrats this week with promotional events planned in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
- Survey data highlight declining Democratic support among non-college working-class and minority voters since 2012, including double-digit drops among Latino, AAPI, and Black voters.
- Opinion analyses cited in coverage note moderates have recently outperformed progressives in competitive races, and the report’s prescriptions are prompting debate inside the party without a formal leadership endorsement.