A group of Democrats are posing questions regarding their losses on Election Day and the reasons their warnings were not taken into account.

James Zogby, a Democratic pollster, sent numerous memos to Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, cautioning her about her potential liabilities regarding Gaza, as POLITICO reported.

Dean Phillips urged Democrats to conduct a competitive primary when President Joe Biden was the nominee. For years, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has advocated for Democrats to prioritize the concerns of working-class constituents.

“These guys didn’t get it at all, they were playing to a narrow base of the people they know best,” said Zogby.

The Warnings

He went on to assert that he sent Harris and the Biden administration memos on their vulnerabilities over the war “until I got tired of writing them and they got tired of reading them.”

The historic 107-day campaign of the vice president was always going to be an uphill battle, as most prominent Democrats agree.

However, the extent of the defeat has incited a fervent exchange of accusations that serves as an indicator of the party's profound ideological divisions as it endeavors to forge a new course.

Others' Concerns

In an interview with the New York Times on Thursday, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was a significant factor in Biden's withdrawal from the contest, stated that “had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race.”

She stated that she had foreseen an open primary; however, “because the president endorsed Kamala Harris immediately, that really made it almost impossible.”

Phillips, who competed against Biden in the Democratic primary, informed The Washington Post that this was "absolutely" the result he had anticipated. He had challenged the president, whom he believed was incapable of running and winning, on the grounds that he was too feeble to do so.

“Do I believe if my party had heeded the call to promote and encourage a competitive primary that we would have identified a candidate perhaps better positioned to win?” Phillips asked. “Absolutely. No question, 100 percent.”

From Trump's Side

In 2016, Trump exacerbated the long-standing apprehensions of the white working class regarding cultural abandonment, coastal elitism, and demographic transformation. Hillary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" remarks served as additional evidence to support his theory of the case.

This group was more broadly identified as "the forgotten men and women of America" by Trump and the GOP in 2024, as they endeavored to broaden its scope by targeting disaffected young men and non-college-educated Black and Latino voters.He secured the support of nearly half of Latino men and one-fifth of Black males.

“We gotta stop making assumptions about people of color and give them something of substance,” said Mark Longabaugh, a Democratic strategist and top adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign.

“If we don’t, Trump and the Republicans are going to cement a coalition that it’s going to be very hard to defeat.”