Bloomberg says Democrats are headed for 'wipeout' in November

A prominent member of the US Democratic Party has expressed concern over his party's loss of popularity, predicting that Democrats are headed for a "wipeout" in November.

Former New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg wrote in an op-ed on Tuesday in Bloomberg News that he was "deeply concerned" the Democratic Party was "headed for a wipeout in November." 

He cited the recent loss of three school board members in San Francisco as proof of losing popularity.

"The political earthquake that just occurred in San Francisco should be a dire warning to the national Democratic Party," he wrote.

"Coming from America’s most liberal city, those results should translate into a 7 to 8 on the Richter scale, because the three main factors that drove the recall are not unique to the Bay Area," Bloomberg argued.

"The school board members seemed more concerned with political correctness than educating children. Instead of reopening schools, they spent their time renaming them, stripping off the names of historic figures like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln before a public outcry forced them to reverse course," he wrote. 

Democrats are heading for a 'wipeout' in the upcoming midterm elections scheduled for November without an immediate course correction, he warned.

Bloomberg notes that a "recent Democratic Party poll showed that voters perceive it as being too 'focused on the culture wars' — from renaming schools to defunding the police."

"But the advice that party leaders are giving members of Congress — to 'correct the record' when Republicans criticize them on schools and culture — isn’t going to cut it," he added.

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Bloomberg also writes that swing voters "will decide the 2022 midterm elections," adding that "polls show they are swinging away from Democrats."

"The earthquake that shook San Francisco needs to shake up our party, before voters do it themselves in November," he concluded.

Other members of the Democratic Party have also expressed concern the Republican Party will gain the congressional majority in House and Senate in upcoming midterm elections.

Moderate Democrats fear party infighting could cost them Congress

Moderate Democrats fear continued party infighting could cause losing congressional elections.

Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Iowa's Cindy Axne were cited as warning that the ongoing fights within the Democratic Party members over US President Joe Biden's policies lowered the chances for Democrats winning this year's congressional elections.

US voters only see the Democratic Party members fighting with themselves, "whining, blaming", and making a lot of people "feel like Washington is so broken," the congressional Democrats warned.

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