Former Bill Clinton pollster Mark Penn appeared on FOX News this week and suggested that the Democrat party has moved too far to the left for voters, citing polls that show them less favorable than Republicans despite the fact that we are headed into midterm season.
Penn correctly points out that people like Graham Planer, AOC and Zohran Mamdani get all of the attention from the media, which drives Democrat interest in the radical base of their party.
He seems to have real questions about how ell Democrats could do this fall.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
MACCALLUM: Quick response on that, Mark, as we watch people enter the room here and get ready for the president.
PENN: Well, the real question is, has the Democratic party moved too far to the left to be acceptable? Our candidates like [Graham] Platner, you know, and obviously Mamdani and AOC get so much publicity. And obviously, Jeffries, in order to get the speakership himself, has moved so much more aggressively left in terms of the rhetoric.
Is this party going to go into the midterms and move back to the center, or is it going to really be seen as too far to the left? Right now, you can see in the polls that despite the fact that the voters are unhappy with the economy and the Republicans, they obviously think that the Democratic party has drifted too far to the left, and that’s why it’s coming out lower than the Republicans in virtually every poll.
Here’s the clip:
NEW: Former Clinton Pollster Mark Penn: “Voters obviously think that the Democratic Party has drifted too far to the left — and that’s why it’s coming up LOWER than the Republicans in virtually EVERY poll.” pic.twitter.com/1ATAdQN8tv — Jason Cohen
(@JasonJournoDC) May 4, 2026
If you want to watch the entire segment for context, you can see it below:
It is impossible to argue with what Mark Penn is saying here. When Obama was running in 2007, Democrats would froth at the mouth if you called them socialists. Now, many of them are running openly as communists.
This is no longer the party of JFK. Not even close.
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