While there are still some Democrats pretending like their party isn't in absolute ruins at the moment, the honest ones, including former players for high-profile Democrats, are admitting the hard truth.

According to reports, former Clinton pollster Mark Penn sounded the alarm on the state of the Democratic Party during an interview this week, pointing to historically low favorability ratings among other metrics. 

In a Fox News interview with host Sean Hannity, Penn pointed to another massive problem with the party -- the shrinking number of registered Democratic voters.

Penn is one of the latest Democratic operatives to sound off on the dire emergency the party is facing.

What did he say?

Penn held nothing back during his interview with Hannity, citing a number of discouraging poll numbers for the party that only confirm what most people with eyes and ears already know.

"I’ve never seen anything like this in over 40 years of polling," Penn said. "The Democratic Party ratings have collapsed from a 47% favorable down to 29, 27 in some of these polls, and that’s an incredible loss of moderate, working-class voters."

Penn, who also served as an adviser for President Bill Clinton before polling for Hillary, said the primary problem is that the party is catering to a much more narrow progressive element of the party.

"Those [are the] kinds of voters that the Democratic Party needs to win elections, and it’s being shrunk to a base of left-wing advocates like Bernie Sanders and AOC who were touring the country carrying the Democratic banner. That’s not helping," Penn admitted.

Penn confirmed that the party is not placing its focus on working-class America, which is what President Donald Trump has always focused on, and it has served him quite well.

Democrats are scrambling to rebrand the party, but many political observers aren't optimistic about the party's approach.

What's next?

Former Clinton pollster Mark Penn said Friday on Fox News that crucial voter groups are fleeing the Democratic Party. AND HERE'S THE REASON WHY! GOP SUPER MAJORITY IN 2026 pic.twitter.com/TchEBWPiKc

— Frederick Tyler (@freddie_tyler) March 24, 2025

Until Democrats get in touch with reality -- with the men and women who work full time and spend their time raising children and battling life's constant string of issues, they'll find it increasingly difficult to win elections.

Other than the handful of blue states that are left under Democratic control, the party will undoubtedly struggle during the mid-term election cycle.

It'll be interesting to see what the party does, if anything, to get back on track, though it doesn't appear that that's likely to happen anytime soon.