Jacobin has long maintained a clear position about the shortcomings of the Democrat party, which we can summarise as not appealing to the average person and working-class people. There needs to be a decisive positive message that engenders hope in the hearts of people; a narrative that also highlights the skills of the candidate and not whether they check all the boxes on the political correctness list. Hopefully, the politicians involved will learn from the failures of the Democrats to not adopt a rhetoric of negation but to instead formulate a compelling agenda of thoroughgoing reforms that are of immediate interest to the average person.