The Reason the DNC Refuses to Release their Post-Mortem Report on the 2024 Race: The Inside Story.

This action from the DNC to block the public viewing regarding its internal post-election analysis on the 2024 election is stunning yet entirely predictable. Resistant to unpleasant candor, the Democrats' governing body operates closer to a communications shop rather than an electoral entity focused on building a volunteer base to secure victories.

A Culture That Avoids Dissent

Unwilling to break with the prevailing attitude of conformity, the DNC has stayed under the Biden-Harris shadow throughout this past year. Releasing such a report would have indicated whether the leadership truly desire to encourage honest conversation about the strategic failures that paved the way for the former president to become president again. However, the DNC is proceeding as if there is little to be learned following the tragic debacle of 2024.

Our guiding principle: will this lead to victory? If not, it’s a distraction from our fundamental goal," a rationale reportedly given to justify concealing the analysis.

Major Failures a Report Would Have Addressed

A genuine analysis of substance would tackle head-on a series of difficult topics. Among them are:

• Electoral Disenchantment: The loss among a significant portion of the electorate that backed the Democratic ticket during the previous election became a critical factor in the close recent race.
• The Choice to Seek Re-election: The determined insistence of the incumbent to seek re-election, alongside a very late exit, has been criticized as denying the party's base of a genuine choice.
• Losing Touch With Core Democratic Voters: Amid economic anxiety, the campaign is criticized for accommodating powerful financial backers while failing to challenge the effects of big business.
• The Gaza Effect: An unwillingness to adjust a policy position regarding the situation in Gaza is cited as driving away significant blocs, especially with young people, Arab-Americans, Muslim voters.
• Losing Youth Support: Extensive evidence demonstrates a significant decrease of support for the party from the youth electorate.

A Record of Evasion

Choosing secrecy fits a longstanding habit to avoid uncomfortable facts. It recalls a situation where the vast majority of Democratic officeholder in Washington went along with a sitting president's decision for seeking another term until a poor public debate performance led to an exit.

At the same time, large majorities of Democratic voters were repeatedly informing researchers that they did not want the incumbent to run again.

Campaign Spending Issues

A substantive autopsy might also probe issues regarding campaign spending, including what sums flowed to insider consultants and advertising contractors over the course of an electoral effort which expended an enormous amount during the general election.

A Larger Issue

Fundamentally, the suppression surrounding this report points to a deference to party leaders responsible for a disastrous national race. The message for ordinary supporters – which includes millions of loyal volunteers – is that they do not have a right to see what party chiefs say they discovered from hundreds of interviews based on extensive interviews.

An organization incapable to publicly examine its mistakes will struggle to escape the pattern that ended up being so helpful to their opponents.