Four Issues That Are Killing the Democratic Party

I recently wrote at PJ Media about how DNC Chair Ken Martin buried his party’s internal 2024 election postmortem. The anger inside Democratic ranks has only grown since then. Martin is still refusing to release the review, even as rank-and-file members demand answers about what went so catastrophically wrong.

The autopsy was meant to explain why Democrats collapsed in 2024. As you may recall, Kamala Harris burned over $1 billion and lost every swing state, giving Trump both an Electoral College victory and the popular vote—the first time for a GOP candidate since 2004.

Democrats would probably do well to find out what happened, yet donors, volunteers, and most staff are being kept in the dark. Martin and his inner circle decided they “don’t need to know what went wrong,” signaling the findings are likely damning.

The review was thorough—over 300 interviews nationwide—but Martin chose not to publish it, calling public scrutiny “counterproductive” ahead of 2026. Anything that doesn’t directly help the party win is a “distraction,” and so the autopsy remains sealed.

What the party’s refusal to release the autopsy really suggests is that leadership knows how far left Democrats have drifted. They know the positions they’ve taken are out of step with the voters they need to win. And they’re afraid to admit it publicly because doing so would require changing course.

Honestly, you don’t need a secret autopsy to figure out what’s wrong with the Democratic Party. I’ve identified the four issues that are hurting the Democratic Party the most.