Overview
- Authored by Democrats Simon Bazelon, Lauren Harper Pope, and Liam Kerr, the "Deciding to Win" report calls for greater emphasis on cost of living, the economy, border security, public safety, and health care.
- The report, based on thousands of election results, hundreds of polls, case studies, and surveys of more than 500,000 voters since 2024, will be distributed to elected Democrats with promotional events planned in Washington and New York.
- It urges moderating positions on immigration, public safety, energy production, and identity issues while favoring broadly popular economic steps over student debt cancellation or Medicare-for-all.
- The authors say party donors and campaign staff skew to the left of Democratic voters, creating a message that many perceive as out of touch compared with the priorities of older, noncollege, and white voters who make up much of the electorate.
- An earlier analysis cited by The Hill’s opinion writers claims moderates outperformed in 2024, including running about three points ahead of Kamala Harris and winning all 17 Democratic races in Trump-leaning areas, and points to examples like Raphael Warnock’s 2022 win over Stacey Abrams’ approach.