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Everyone sees President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s weak polling numbers.<\/p>\n

But almost nobody is asking the more important political question:<\/p>\n

Who are the Democrats becoming?<\/p>\n

Right now, Democrats are benefiting from economic frustration, inflation<\/a> fatigue and the natural gravity that pulls against the party in power during midterms.<\/p>\n

FOX NEWS POLL: AS ECONOMIC PAIN DEEPENS, DISAPPROVAL OF TRUMP HITS NEW HIGH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

But a party winning because voters are hurting is not the same thing as a party voters truly believe in.<\/p>\n

And that distinction may matter more than any poll.<\/p>\n

The latest New York Times\/Siena polling showed Democrats with a sizable advantage on the generic congressional ballot<\/a>. On the surface, that sounds like momentum.<\/p>\n

TRUMP VS HISTORY: HOW PRESIDENT’S POLL NUMBERS COMPARE TO BIDEN, OBAMA, BUSH AHEAD OF MIDTERMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

But underneath those numbers sits a much more fragile reality: Americans still do not seem entirely sure what today\u2019s Democratic Party<\/a> actually is.<\/p>\n

Is it the party of working-class voters?<\/p>\n

Or elite cultural judgment?<\/p>\n

FOX NEWS POLL: 30% THINK RECENT TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS STAGED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Is it the party of economic populism?<\/p>\n

Or socialism<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Is it the party of institutional stability?<\/p>\n

DOUG SCHOEN: DEMOCRATIC BATTLE PITS MODERATES VS. PROGRESSIVES FOR SOUL OF THE PARTY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Or permanent activist revolution?<\/p>\n

Is it the party of normalcy?<\/p>\n

Or the party constantly trying to redefine what “normal” even means?<\/p>\n

DEMOCRATS BREAK WITH SCANDAL-PLAGUED GRAHAM PLATNER, WARN OF ‘CIVIL WAR’ IN PARTY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The faces of the modern Democratic Party are so ideologically and culturally varied that voters increasingly struggle to locate its emotional center.<\/p>\n

And voters need a center.<\/p>\n

Especially during periods of instability.<\/p>\n

DEMOCRAT BLASTED BY LEFT AND RIGHT AFTER SOFTENING STANCE ON SCANDAL-HIT MAINE CANDIDATE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Republicans<\/a> have their own vulnerabilities right now. Trump\u2019s numbers on inflation and the economy are weak. Voters are exhausted by high prices and years of national tension.<\/p>\n

But Republicans possess something Democrats currently do not: clarity.<\/p>\n

Love him or hate him, voters know what Trump represents. The Republican coalition has largely aligned itself behind one emotional story about the country: strength, nationalism, disruption and rejection of elite institutional culture.<\/p>\n

Democrats, meanwhile, often appear to be running five competing emotional campaigns at the same time.<\/p>\n

And that works … until conditions change.<\/p>\n

Because what happens if gas prices<\/a> fall?<\/p>\n

What happens if inflation cools?<\/p>\n

What happens if Republicans can point to economic stabilization?<\/p>\n

What happens if a conflict like Iran<\/a> ends not in catastrophe, but in perceived American strength?<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A coalition powered primarily by<\/a> public pain is far more fragile than a coalition powered by identity and belief.<\/p>\n

That is the risk Democrats may be misreading in this moment.<\/p>\n

Anti-Trump energy remains real<\/a>. But opposition alone rarely sustains political movements forever. Eventually voters want to know, not simply, what a party hates; but what future it intends to build.<\/p>\n

And increasingly, many Americans still seem uncertain about the answer.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LEE HARTLEY CARTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/lee-carter-study-polling-democrats-gambling-anti-trump-votes-ideas <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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