Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Wednesday that the Democratic Party would be “wise” not to use its 2025 election strategy in the 2026 midterm elections, as it could alienate key voting blocs.

Democrats swept the 2025 elections nationwide, with notable victories in the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, the New York City mayoral election, and California’s Proposition 50. The night prior, former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who left the Democratic Party in May 2024, said on The Daily Show that Democrats lost working-class voters in West Virginia because they believed the party spends more time on people who “don’t work or won’t work.”