A top pollster to Vice President Kamala Harris says the Democrats need a new playbook to politically confront Donald Trump as he returns to the White House, and that they should focus on high prices.
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AsPresident-electTrumpgetsreadytoreturntotheWhiteHouse,aleadingDemocraticpollsterandstrategisthighlightsthatherpartyneedsanewgameplantoconfronttheformerandsoon-to-befuturepresident.
“The2025playbookcannotbethe2017playbook,”MollyMurphy,atoppollsteronVicePresidentKamalaHarris’campaign,emphasizedasshegaveapresentationatthefirstmeetingoftheDemocraticNationalCommittee’sexecutivecommitteesincelastmonth’selection.
Trump’sconvincingwinoverHarris—hecapturedthepopularvoteandsweptallsevenkeybattlegroundstates—aswellastheGOPflippingtheSenateandholdingontotheirfragilemajorityintheHouse,hasDemocratssearchingforanswersastheynowtrytoemergefromthepoliticalwilderness.
Murphy,pointingtopost-electionpolls,saidmostAmericansgivethepresident-electathumbsuponhowhe’shandlinghistransition,andthatT
