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Dems weighing 2028 campaigns run from 2020 positions
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Democrats weighing runs for the White House want to forget many of the positions they took in 2020 — and they're hoping voters will too.
Key facts
- Democrats weighing runs for the White House want to forget many of the positions they took in 2020 — and they're hoping voters will too
- Nearly all potential 2028 presidential candidates criticize Joe Biden's handling of immigration, and talk about the importance of securing the southern border
- The Democratic Party was changing even before Trump's 2024 victory
- Josh Shapiro wrote in his recent book that Democrats "got the masking and vaccine mandates wrong" during the COVID-19 pandemic and that he would have "handled the state's response differently
Summary
Leaders and would-be leaders in the party have shifted their views on border security, DEI, crime, climate change, COVID-era lockdowns and more — all with an eye on this year's midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Many Democrats believe they lost to Donald Trump in 2024 because voters didn't like some of their left-leaning policies, not how they were communicated. Several potential 2028 Democratic candidates have spent the past year finding ways to distance themselves from the Democratic Party of recent years — including some of their own positions. Gavin Newsom has been telling audiences and reporters that Democrats need to be more "culturally normal.