March 6, 2025
Lee Drutman and Michael A. Bailey wrote for The Bulwark on the need for a new party for the 2026 Senate elections.
Just because the Democratic label is radioactive in some parts of the country doesn’t mean that majorities in those places are necessarily locked into voting for Republicans. That’s why it’s time for Democrats to step aside in out-of-reach states and districts and let a new party compete instead. Doing so would not only increase the odds of denying Republicans control of the Senate in 2026, it would also put pressure now on Republicans in Congress, whose only current challenge is a MAGA-dominant primary electorate. And it would bring many more states and districts into genuine competitive territory, empowering tens of millions of citizens to cast a consequential vote.