Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech During the 2024 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the Democratic party establishment made the strange decision to swing right, in an apparent attempt to capture the mythical conservative-centrist vote. Republican stalwart Liz Cheney was trotted out before Democratic voters while policy proposals became more conservative, even as millions of young voters clamored for a more progressive ticket. It didn’t work, obviously: Harris lost, and according to exit polls won just 5 percent of the Republican vote — a point less than Joe Biden had in 2020 — as working class voters turned out for Trump and young voters stayed home. The strategy only deepened the longstanding criticism that the Democratic establishment answers to its billionaire donors before its constituency. Fast forward to 2026, and it’s clear the party remains a poor student of its own failures. According to the Financial Times, Democrats running in the 2026 midterm elections have been advised by party strategists not …