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'The message wasn’t right': Election losses leave stunned Democrats rethinking path forward

By Susan Ferrechio
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'The message wasn’t right': Election losses leave stunned Democrats rethinking path forward

House and Senate Democrats are rethinking their messaging after stunning losses on Nov. 3. Democrats returned to Congress this week chastened by the election results that fell far short of polling predictions. The party is now wondering if it is time to reform its message.

“The message wasn’t right, whatever it was,” Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, told the Washington Examiner.

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