Key Facts
- The U.S. political map continues to trend red as Democrats lose support in non-metro areas, including exurbs, small cities, towns, and rural America.
- Democrats' coalition is shrinking as non-college Hispanic and Black voters join a general working-class exodus from the party.
- In order to regain strength, Democrats must build a new cross-class coalition that welcomes more non-college Americans.
- Democrats need to reorient their governing agenda around the economic aspirations and moral outlook of working Americans.