The Democratic National Committee ( DNC ) is conducting a post-2024 " autopsy "— not just to diagnose the party's missteps, but to reset its trajectory and rebuild for the future, while keeping a sharp eye on the upcoming midterms and the pivotal 2028 presidential contest.
The party's crucial base, communities of color, drifted away from the party : either opting out, or supporting Donald Trump . If the Democratic Party hopes to remain competitive with the GOP, it must recover much of its base: Black voters. After all, it's well known that, absent the Black vote, Joe Biden would have lost in 2020 .
Republicans succeeded in capturing more Black voters than expected. Had Democrats taken a page out of the Republicans ' playbook, they'd likely have won, saving the country—a