El-Sayed and HongAs we move closer to the midterm elections, two candidates stand out for their independence from the institutional Democratic Party. The Democratic Party sits at its lowest level of popularity in at least 30 years. It also described her as “uniquely dangerous in the general election” and that “general election strengths are formidable.” “I think they’re underestimating voters,” Hong said back in May of the commentariat and their negative predictions. “That has always been a problem for the Democratic Party — that we are not listening to how they are feeling.”