Democrats' Biggest Threat in 2018
Unless the party can effectively challenge the GOP on economic grounds, it risks making the same mistakes it did in 2016.
The biggest threat to Democrats in the 2018 election may be the risk of repeating their biggest mistake in the 2016 election.
That mistake was Hillary Clinton’s decision to focus almost all of her effort on convincing voters that Donald Trump did not share their values, while failing to effectively challenge his promise that he would represent their economic interests. That failure helped Trump win despite exit polls showing about three-fifths of voters doubted he had the experience or temperament to succeed as president.
The comparable risk for Democrats this year is that they will be
