Democratic strategist and pundit James Carville says he’s not concerned about the party’s prospects in coming elections, and dismissed polling showing widespread dissatisfaction with it among voters.
“I don’t doubt any of that’s true, but there’s one thing. We’re winning elections left and right as we’re talking about how the Democratic number or image is low, it’s in the toilet, or whatever you want to say. I don’t dispute that,” Carville said during an appearance on CNN Wednesday evening.
Carville cited a recent mayoral race in Omaha, Nebraska that Democrats won and similar victories in Wisconsin and Iowa.
“So, I’m not that upset and in angst about mid-May of 2025. I think if we start, you know, We’ve got Virginia coming up, we’re gonna win that,” he predicted in comments first highlighted by Mediate. “The political press is gonna be reporting polling numbers and I’m gonna be looking at election results.”
His comments come after new polling showed only one in three Democrats are optimistic about the party’s future.
The Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that 35 percent of surveyed Democrats are “very or somewhat” optimistic about the future of their party. By comparison, another 36 percent are “very or somewhat” pessimistic about its future. Some 29 percent are neither pessimistic nor optimistic.
Overall, only 17 percent of surveyed Americans said they are optimistic about the Democratic Party’s future.