More Democrats want to see party push to the political middle in wake of election losses, poll finds

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy After emphatically losing the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump, more Democrat voters want to see their party shift to becoming more moderate, according to a new poll from Gallup. While Democrats saw an increase in party support in the 2020 presidential election and 2022 midterm elections they quickly lost momentum leading up to the 2024 presidential election where President Donald Trump picked up every swing state to secure the White House. Mary Clement sits alone after Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the election during a speech at Howard University on November 06, 2024 in Washington, DC Those results largely aligned with previous polling from Gallup and Pew Research Center which showed that more Americans were identifying as Republicans than Democrats in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. But the new polling indicates that the country’s shift toward conservatism has struck a chord with 45 percent of Democrat and Democrat-leaning voters who say the party should become more moderate.