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The move by the DNC to suppress the publication of its own post-election analysis on the last presidential race is shocking yet not surprising. Averse to hard truths, the Democrats' governing body operates more like a PR firm rather than a political organization focused on cultivating a volunteer base to secure victories.

A Culture of Conformity

Reluctant to break with the party establishment's culture demanding unity, the committee has stayed within the Biden-Harris shadow all through 2025. Making public such a report could have demonstrated that party leaders actually want to promote public discourse about the missteps that enabled the former president to become president again. However, the DNC is proceeding under the pretense that there's nothing to understand following the electoral catastrophe of 2024.

Our guiding principle: is this good for winning elections? If not, it is an unnecessary diversion from the core mission," an explanation reportedly given to justify concealing the document.

Critical Problems a Report Might Have Addressed

Any valuable post-mortem worth its salt would tackle head-on certain uncomfortable matters. This encompasses:

• Electoral Disenchantment: Losing among a significant portion of the electorate that backed the party's candidate during the previous election became a critical factor in the close recent race.
• The Choice to Seek Re-election: The stubborn choice of a party leader to seek re-election, alongside a last-minute exit, is viewed as robbing Democratic voters the chance for a genuine choice.
• Failing Core Democratic Voters: Amid inflation, the electoral effort allegedly ceding to elite contributors without successfully attempting to address the role of corporate greed.
• The Foreign Policy Impact: An unwillingness to adjust a stance on a ongoing war is cited as driving away many voters, especially with young people, Arab-Americans, Muslim voters.
• Eroding Youth Backing: Extensive evidence shows a major decrease in support for the party among voters aged 18-29.

A Pattern Avoiding Accountability

This refusal is consistent with a recurring tendency to avoid difficult realities. It echoes a situation where the vast majority of Democratic officeholder in Congress supported an incumbent's decision for seeking another term until a disastrous public debate performance compelled an exit.

At the same time, overwhelming numbers of the electorate had been repeatedly informing surveyors that they did not want the incumbent to run again.

Financial Issues

An honest report could investigate issues about campaign spending, such as the amounts were directed to insider consultants and ad buyers over the course of an electoral effort that managed to spend an enormous war chest in a short period.

The Broader Problem

Ultimately, the secrecy of the official autopsy highlights an allegiance to party leaders responsible for an unsuccessful electoral effort. The signal for rank-and-file members – including countless small donors – appears to be that they do not be trusted to see the lessons the insiders claim to have learned from a report compiled from feedback from all states.

A party unwilling to publicly examine where it went wrong finds it difficult to climb out of the rut that ended up being so beneficial to the rival party.