At least some Democrats are trying to figure out what went wrong

Washington Post

The most comprehensive and clear-eyed entrant in that debate comes from the center-left group Welcome, which just produced a report called “Deciding to Win.” Its trio of authors, all veterans of Democratic politics, lead with the bad news for their party: The public increasingly perceives Democrats as too liberal. That isn’t a matter of flawed messaging. The party, the authors show, really has moved left on multiple issues since. Even harder for many Democrats to accept, no doubt, will be the report’s evidence that the public thinks Republicans moved toward the center during that same period (although President Donald Trump has altered that perception since resuming office).