Henry M J Tonks (@henrymjtonks.bsky.social)

Last year’s electoral earthquake exposed the difficulty the Democratic Party faces in building a majority for an age of populism. Read my “American Affairs” essay on liberalism’s transformation, grand ambitions constrained, and what comes next. #USPolitics americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/02/the-...

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The Rise and Fall of the New Liberals: How the Democrats Lost Their Majority - American Affairs Journal Since the 1960s, the Democratic Party has transformed. From a party rooted since the New Deal era in both “developmental liberalism” and a version of social democratic class politics, it has grown int... https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/02/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-new-liberals-how-the-democrats-lost-their-majority/