‘Bad, Bad, Bad’: CNN Host Gives Dems Devastating Update On Party’s Future Prospects

Twenty years ago, Democrats were triumphantly declaring that a “demographic destiny” of new minority voters would deliver the party a permanent national majority and consign the GOP to a regional party.

How the times have changed.

Falling party registration numbers, outmigration from blue states, and a negative outlook on the possible results of the 2030 census are combining to give the powerless party its bleakest outlook in decades. Those sentiments were captured in a brutal CNN segment where data analyst Harry Enten broke down just how low Democrats’ future prospects have sunk on the national stage.

The Democratic Party’s brand today is about as popular as the controversial new Cracker Barrel logo, Enten quipped before digging into the anemic inroads Democrats are seeking to make with new voter registration.

“Bad, bad, bad. What are you doing?” he exclaimed.

Across the four swing states of Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, “the Republican Party is at their best position at this point in the cycle since at least 2005,” Enten observed.

Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania all went for President Donald Trump in 2016 before siding with former President Joe Biden four years later. Nevada, which did not vote for Trump until 2024, has helped pad GOP margins thanks to a robust voter registration program conducted under former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley.

In North Carolina, site of a marquee U.S. Senate race next year, Enten stated he “couldn’t find a point at which Republicans were doing better at this point in the cycle.”

“It’s at least this century, probably goes way back in the last century,” he added.

Republican registration has risen dramatically compared to Trump’s first term: Arizona’s voter rolls added 3% more GOP voters overall while Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania gained 6, 8, and 8 points, respectively.

“My goodness gracious. Republicans, they are converting old, former Democrats to their side of the ledger as well as picking up new voters, registering new voters, and it absolutely paid off for them in the 2024 election,” Enten concluded.

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On Monday the New York Times posted a devastating analysis of how the Electoral College may tilt even further away from Democrats after the 2030 census. Blue states like California and Illinois, which are crucial to helping Democrats win a majority in the U.S. House, have collectively lost millions of voters as spiraling affordability crises have caused voters to seek new homes in red states.

Ironically, a future for Democrats may come in the form of contesting southern states, the outlet noted. However, a lack of donor cultivation in the South has left its state parties with beleaguered budgets and little infrastructure after decades of 21st century updates made elsewhere.