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There appears to still be some indecisiveness within the Democratic Party, despite its extensive work on the subject, about what it should be doing to improve its dismal standing with American voters, who currently hold it in roughly the same esteem as the experience of food poisoning.

First, in March, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego held a donor retreat at a luxury resort in Arizona during which guests including centrist pundit Matt Yglesias discussed how to win back the working class. In May , Democratic members of Congress gathered for an “issues” retreat headlined by message consultant David Shor. In June , a high-profile electoral strategy conference at

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