According to an exclusive report from The Hill, campaign cash is drying up for Democrats as many deep-pocketed donors are expressing frustration with the party.
“I’ll be blunt here: The Democratic Party is f***ing terrible. Plain and simple,” a major Democrat donor told The Hill. “In fact, it doesn’t get much worse.”
The donor said that the 2024 loss was much worse than the loss in 2016 because the party is currently “so weak and so diminished.”
A second donor told the publication that they were equally as turned off about the party.
“They want us to spend money, and for what? For no message, no organization, no forward thinking,” the donor said. “The thing that’s clear to a lot of us is that the party never really learned its lesson in 2016. They worked off the same playbook and the same ineffective strategies and to what end?”
“Frankly, a lot of donors I’ve talked to don’t think their voice mattered in 2024, so I’ve been doing more listening than talking,” said strategist Steve Schale, who ran a pro-Biden super PAC during the election.
A recent Quinnipiac Poll found congressional Democrats have an approval rating of about 20%. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries defended his party during an interview with Jake Tapper.
🚨Hakeem Jeffries confronted with BRUTAL Democrat poll numbers —
— after Hakeem attempts to spin with lies about Medicare and Social Security, gets nuked by Jake Tapper of all people:
TAPPER: "Congressional Democrats polling is at about 20%. So, that's an issue for you." pic.twitter.com/wDqKhK8ok5
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 23, 2025
The Democratic Party is struggling to find a leader, a voice, a platform — anything for the American people to connect with. Who will step up and bring the party back from the precipice?
Full report over at The Hill:
Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money https://t.co/toIJFBKw6G
— The Hill (@thehill) February 25, 2025