It has been a year and a half since the second female Democratic nominee for president lost to what her party views as an existential threat. Since then, President Donald Trump’s defeat of former Vice President Kamala Harris has been dissected at length. After much criticism and mounting public pressure, the Democratic National Committee finally released the long-awaited 2024 election autopsy. Both the delay and the report make the incompetence even more glaring.
DNC Chairman Ken Martin was supposed to release it not long after taking over in February 2025. The most recent delay was due to the proximity of the midterm elections on Nov. 3, 2026. However, Martin requested the report more than a year ago. Then, in November 2025, Martin decided not to release it. As Intelligencer reported, “Martin announced that he would not release it after all, arguing — rather unconvincingly — that it would not be productive to dwell on the past.”
