Democrats know a lot of things, don’t they? They seem act like they know everything including how to analyze their own election losses from the inside. The whole party is hell-bent on various narratives being true that nobody outside of their bubble agrees with and even many people within their party disagree. Yet, that does not stop them from perpetuating myths, convincing themselves of lies, and then trying to force those untruths on the people. That is why they are currently (as a collective) more unpopular than Donald Trump who is quickly becoming widely regarded as an inept fascist of epic proportions.
In the days following election day 2024, Democrats began doing a variety of “post mortems” attempting to explain to themselves why they lost the election. According to Navigator Research, even many previous Democrat voters believe the part is “weak” and “overly focused on diversity and elites.” The now infamous attack ad “Kamala is for they/them,” the Republican party showed Harris as being for others, “not you.” This spot was lauded by many – especially Piers Morgan – as something like *the most successful political ad in history* which is absolutely ridiculous.
However, this is not the only piece or part of media that has been regarded as consequential, when it may not have been. The margin Trump won by was nominal and did not even surpass the number of votes Biden reportedly received in 2020. So along with many other claims about the results or causes of the results of the 2024 election, this they/them story is bunk.
So What Is Wrong With the Democrats?
The Democrats are not an opposition party to the Republican party. They are just a wing of the uniparty. Therefore, their policies are hard to discern by the public or even members. This was made apparent when Democrats thought it was a good idea to trot around Liz Cheney as a supporter as if that was going to win hearts and minds of liberals in the country who remember her father with great distaste. It made no sense from the surface level perspective of supposed opponents joining forces. Not unlike a Kennedy Democrat like RFK, Jr. joining the Trump administration, cracks in the veneer of difference between the Republican & Democratic parties have gotten quite wide.
Yet, there is some kind of competition between the sides, insofar as their personal squabbles and general governmental control is concerned. Therefore, it stands to reason that some kind of analysis of the differences between the parties and the perception(s) of them could help in terms of righting the ship of American politics.
So for the purpose of this piece, I will suspend the knowledge that backroom deals and bribery answer most of the questions. We will look thoroughly at the claims and nonsensical explanations which people have been telling themselves, and point to specific problems with how both sides have looked a the results from 2024.
Just know that for millions of Democratic party members, they would do well to admit the “both sides” argument is legitimate. The data actually shows that more clearly than almost anything else. Both Democrats & Republicans are unpopular, yet they won’t stop and recognize the answer is not another one of them: it’s no more of them at all.
The Likely Story of the 2024 Election
Though Joe Biden has made a career out of intentional and accidental “gaffes,” he looked notably unwell and sounded sort of insane at his debate against Trump. Biden famously said “we finally beat Medicare,” to which Trump said Biden had “beat it to death.” Another key moment was when Biden was rambling, and Trump’s response amounted to saying Trump didn’t think Biden knew what he was saying.
For most people this moment was the final straw in even being able to pretend Biden was “sharp as a tack” as many would say as talking points on liberal media. Now that journalists like Jake Tapper wrote a book on this subject, it’s becoming quickly a monetized phenomenon. At the time, though, it was deeply concerning for the Democrats. They knew they did not have a great bench to draw from in terms of talent.
The Biden administration had a general rule about compelling people to lie about things that were obvious. They routinely forced statistics down people’s throats regarding the economy, even in cases that those individuals did not personally feel the positive effects of “Bidenomics.” Kamala Harris was not even popular in 2020 when she ran against Biden, so her as Vice President did not instill confidence or compassion from many voters besides diehard “blue no matter who” type of members. The lack of ability for Harris to even say things she would do differently was also a problem for most people.
We Still Need To Investigate These “Assassination Attempts” With Trump As A Suspect
Then of course, a month later, Trump is believed to have survived an assassination attempt in Butler, PA. I saw “believed to have survived” because there is still a lot of doubt about the legitimacy of that day, which has yet to be fully investigated properly. Trump has abused so many processes and lied to the American people in such egregious ways, is it even hard to believe he might fake assassination attempts on himself?
Not just for garnering support, but because the guy is a thrill-seeker and had no real opposition in his life for much of anything. People forget this even today, because of the pace of the tariff debacles which have isolated Trump from basically every world leader, Wall Street, and even many in his own party.
Never the less, stunt or no stunt, it endeared Trump to millions of people including those who were previously (even only rhetorically) opposed to him and his agenda. It was considered over by many after this moment because compared to the “fight fight fight” imagery, Kamala Harris and the entire Democratic establishment looked lame by comparison. Once Democrats lost, they almost proudly proclaimed they would not even so much as doubt the electoral results. Probably an overreaction on the part of some to not look like Trump in 2020 – after denouncing him over it – and distancing from Hillary Clinton in 2016 doing the same kind of thing.
We Don’t Need A Joe Rogan on the Left, We Need 0 Joe Rogans In Political Life
As Trump and his transition team were doing all kinds of things, a theory began emerging that Democrats needed “a Joe Rogan of the left.”
The concept being that the reason why Democrats lost is because “the right” had seized control of all this online space which liberals pretend they don’t have any access to or control over. This is kind of an insane thing to say, actually, if you have ever cruised YouTube or Twitter for political content. Similarly, though, many pundits or analysts have acted as though Twitter became more right-wing after Elon Musk took it over. Suggesting that a rise in antisemitic content came about. The truth is that the general mass of content on Twitter has not altered much, though the algorithm and suggestions of content in your feed have.
The question of whether or not podcasters have an impact on the outcomes of elections is one thing. The question of whether they could have such an impact is quite another. Too many people are wondering whether they should which is why they are missing the bigger – or maybe smaller – picture.
Not All Podcasters Are Not Power Brokers
Comedian Tim Dillon has a podcast which is considered successful by most available metrics. From the number of subscribers he has on his YouTube channel, and his Patreon account, public reporting suggests he brings in several million dollars per year.
Having become a regular on the Joe Rogan Experience, and networking within the orbit of other comedians Rogan favors, Dillon has occasionally become the subject of think pieces related to the impact of this part of the media ecosystem on culture and politics.
The main thrust of this CNN interview was asking the question to Dillon if he is part of a “new establishment.” This “establishment” the interviewer inquired about was not exactly well defined, of course, and Dillon took the chance to mock the very premise that Theo Von (for example) is part of a new establishment. Dillon went on to mention intelligence agencies, legacy media, government, and others like corporate interests who should still very much be considered the establishment. When asked about the conservative tilt of comedy these days, Dillon rattled off many so-called liberal comedians who are incredibly popular and/or financially successful.
Democrats Endorse State Media Now?
Democrats have recently said they plan to spend $20,000,000 on a strategy to figure out how to speak to American men. This comes on the heels of the same dollar figure promised by David Hogg – the soon to be former vice chair of the DNC – for upending Democrats who are in safe districts but not doing enough. “Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan,” is intended to “study the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality in these spaces.”
It is hard for me to fathom how bad the communications teams are here, or if they are intentionally bad. The project is called “SAM.” But…the acronym actually spells “SWAM.” This is the kind of minute difference that Democrats don’t seem to notice or care about. Whoever came up with this is probably very important at the party and unlikely to be opposed. So this will likely cost $20M and teach them nothing. But somebody or some firm is going to make millions of dollars buying ads and running fake focus groups. It’s really kind of pathetic.
What Would the New Establishment Be?
But then again, that’s the real establishment.
I will, for a moment, grant CNN their due.
Something is or has happened.
There is no real reason that the biggest names in politics should be expected to or required to appear on Joe Rogan, Call Her Daddy, Tim Dillon, Theo Von, or any of these other entertainment shows. The truth is, if you look at the results of this election, it is clear that podcasters did not move the needle whatsoever. Think about it. If Trump won in 2016 without any podcast or Joe Rogan appearances, he didn’t need it this year, especially if Harris also did not make good use of the format.
Knock Podcasters Down A Peg or Two
So why the insistence that podcast(ers) are somehow required or powerful forces in the world of politics? For the most part, I think it’s a simplification of a few key data points that are not being discussed at all right now. That has to do with the number of people who listen to podcasts in America, and the number of voters that are believed to have participated in the 2024 election.
There are studies which have attempted to guess how many Americans really listen to podcasts every month. I have seen figures as low as 115,000,000 and as high as 200,000 or so. For the sake of argument we can assume approximately 150,000,000 Americans listen to podcasts every month.
In the 2024 election, the public reporting of the popular vote says:
Trump/Vance: 77,302,580
Harris/Walz: 75,017,613
TOTAL: 152,320,193
Breaking It Down, and Seeing Through the Lies
Again, we can approximate that there were about 150,000,000 votes recorded in 2024. There is your dumbed down statistical explanation for why people in the media itself as well as the political establishment believe podcasts are so important. Not only do some people probably now believe that literally every single voter listens to some podcast or another, but podcasts generally have social media as well. That means listeners/voters can interact with the content, the host(s), and the guests to some degree. Whether or not the show, host, or guests interact back – is another story.
While people say things like “I get my news from Facebook,” what they mean is that Facebook acts like their newsstand. Generally people see a headline float around from a news outlet on Facebook. They may not subscribe to that outlet, and if it is a paywall they won’t get it. But if the article is free, they might check it out. To that end, people who say they get their news from podcasts are actually still getting their news from traditional sources. They just don’t think of it that way. How do you think podcasters know what is going on in the world? They read the news. Then talk about the news.
These Pods Can’t Save America, Boys
In theory, if one of these people were intelligent enough, capable, and interested in helping, they would have more than just opinions on the air. They would tell those opinions to people in public life or politics, and like any other one of the people, they would fight for policies or changes. Unfortunately, what we have are a bunch of uniparty shills acting like activists and a bunch of nihilistic comedians who are clogging the airwaves with their hot takes and unwillingness to take responsibility for anything.
The Tragic Comedy In Our Political Sytem
They (the comedians) should not be in this position. But they all act like they are there accidentally or by the nature of their own talent. That is only part of the equation though. These people are selected, cast, and placed in these positions where the general public sees them instead of other shows. They are promoted. Picked. And that is why in some sense they are part of the new “establishment.” If by establishment what we mean is maintenance of a certain kind of status quo. In the case of podcasters and politics, that status quo is the upholding of a 2-party system that disenfranchises the masses while pretending to fight for them.
It’s not even so much a matter of *asking hard questions* of politicians on a show like The Tim Dillon Show. His act is not about that. Tim Dillon portrays himself as somebody who doesn’t really care how things go, but is also very intelligent in terms of analyzing certain things. If he does not think it’s his responsibility or obligation to either question guests or do enough investigative work to have his broadcast do anything meaningful about the corruption in our government – he does not deserve to be in such an important or widespread position.
However, he is there. He also probably thinks he did that on his own or on the basis of his own talent. Rather than being propped up for the purpose of not getting to the bottom of anything.
Both Sides Are Wrong About the 2024 Election
Enough about podcasters. Back to the numbers.
Before that, though, we are back to doubting the voracity of the uniparty’s claims that they are opponents and that everybody in America votes for one or the other of them. 152,320,193 people voted in the 2024 election.
As of September 2024, 186,500,000 Americans were registered to vote. That means there was 81.6% turnout. At this same time there werre 36,000,000 registered Republicans. 45,100,000 registered Democrats. However the most shocking piece of information here is that only 47% of registered voters have declared a party affiliation. That means there are about 105,400,000 registered voters with no party affiliation. So with all the post mortems Democrats are running on their own voters and the country writ large, they are really not able to understand the unaffiliated.
Who Is More Likely To Vote: Party Members vs. Unaffiliated Voters
Here is where things get tricky, though. Let’s make an educated guess that party affiliated people are more likely to go to the polls than the unaffiliated, because there is less of a system in place to whip them and they are more likely to be turned off by both candidates and have a justification to not vote at all. I have agreed for a long time that there is a uniparty in America consisting of Democrats and Republicans. In the 2024 election that consists of 81,100,000 registered party affiliated voters (if those numbers are to be believed).
81.6% of 81,100,000 is 66,177,600 votes that we can assume were cast by party affiliated voters i.e. the uniparty.
If 152,320,193 votes were cast total, that uniparty made up about 43% of the vote total. That makes a certain kind of sense when you think that they make up about 47% of the electorate. On the other hand, that means 86,142,593 unaffiliated voters would have had to have voted, which is 81.7% of their voters.
I think it is hard to believe that unaffiliated voters came out in the same proportional numbers as their party affiliated counterparts.
Even if that is the case, this exposes something about the claims of a “mandate.”
There Is No Mandate For Trump To Do What He’s Doing Right Now
From the cuts made under the illegal auspices of DOGE, to the tariff policy which is throwing markets and small businesses into chaos, there are a lot of things the current Trump administration is doing that his own voters do not want.
Just examine that number for a second, though: 81.6% of registered Republicans is a total of 29,376,000. In a population of about 350,000,000 people that represents a whopping 8.3% of the country. A fraction of those people would want these current policies which are being implemented. Few of those people are okay with the violations of civil rights that we are seeing.
Yet every single liberal, Democrat, or left-wing podcast I watch (and unfortunately I do watch a lot of them for research purposes) is talking to their audience as if there is some massive population out there holding the beliefs Trump has or wanting the things his administration is doing. They have made a nation of strawmen up in their minds because they never leave their homes and podcast the news like it’s still 2020.
The COVIDization of American Life Has Got To End
Truthfully, every media personality including incumbents and those who rose to prominence in the last (5) years, solidified their persona around COVID. That is a main reason why the media ecosystem in general is a zombie. The “independent” media all talk about how the “expert class” and “corporate press” failed them/us during this period of time. In many ways they’re right. But all the so-called independent media system did was make lower budget and more poorly produced versions of the same.
I’ve just seen and heard so many people claim that essentially half the country voted for this. They did not. Unaffiliated voters are not wholesale bought-in to the Republican agenda. They are not the Project 2025 type whack jobs that Democrats talk about. The vast majority of people that voted for Trump did so, based on the evidence we now have, because they hate Democrats. Yet Democrats treat that as if it is the fault of the voter for being too uninformed or detached from the party to understand the truth and power of their work. Instead of Democrats accepting the fact that they suck, everybody knows it, and nobody can even stand themselves pretending it’s not true anymore.
Accept the Democrats Are Fake Opposition – and Oppose Them
It isn’t even true that Republicans are in lock step with everything Trump says or does. Rand Paul and other Republicans in Congress have and continue to criticize Trump. The Senate may even block this current bill that shall remain nameless. In fact, the Democrats – being that they are supposed to be the opposition – are being dishonest with their constituents. If you’re reading this and you’re not a Democrat, you are going to be mad at me. It’s fine. You can be. You should not be mad at me, though. I’m not a Democrat, so your losses are not my fault. I could help you, but you wouldn’t like it because it would involve a lot of hard truth telling.
Democrats are the party of the KKK, for example.
That is something I could never get over. A lot of people feel that way. The Democrats of today deny that, call it racist, pin racism all on Republicans, etc. I’ll give you an example of how this kind of braindead mindset is holding the people back, due to Democrats believing they are God’s gift to Americans.
An Example of How Democrats Are Too Cocky For Their Own Good
On Twitter this past week I saw Brian Tyler Cohen denouncing the state of Alabama for having a Republican governor the last few decades. Cohen blamed the poor educational level of Alabama and other ills of their poverty on the Republican party because of their governor. The deep south of today is often associated with the Republican party. Yet if you really wanted to help the kids of Alabama get smarter, it would require some deeper thinking. Something that Brian Tyler Cohen cannot do.
On January 20, 1987 H. Guy Hunt was elected to governor of Alabama as a Republican. In 1993, Jim Folsom Jr. (a Democrat) was the governor. Then Fob James (Republican). After him Don Siegelman (Democrat). From 2003 – today (a period of 22 years) Alabama has had (3) different Republican governors. If you’re counting, in the last ~38 years there were only (2) Democrat governors in Alabama. I get how if you looked back that far you might say that the Republicans are to blame for the state of education in their school system.
Lazy Elitist Democrats On Podcasts Are Only Part of the Problem
But if you just scrolled a little bit further on the Wikipedia page, Brian, you would have seen something astonishing.
Prior to 1987, Alabama was ruled by a Democrat governor for (113) years consecutively and uninterrupted.
Just a long blue line.
Ironically, you have people like Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein now out talking about Abundance and begging for people to let Democrats remain in control in places they have had a grip for a long time – that aren’t working out so well – and now apparently there are places which Democrats used to run for a long time that also aren’t doing well. Perhaps there is a problem with the party, its platform, and more importantly all of the people who control things there.
The Clintons. Obamas. Bidens. Schumer.
There are plenty of Democrats to blame for the Democrats’ problems. Look no further than the people who have been in control of the party for the last few decades. Remember Trump was a lifelong Democrat as well, if you were wondering where all that latent racism comes from.
Now, I am not trying to be more sympathetic to Republicans. Believe me. It gives me no great pleasure nor pride to think of them as more reasonable. Most of them too are performative actors more than civil servants who actually govern. A lot of them are too cozy with people like Elon Musk for my liking, or they have given over democratic control to the President who does not deserve king-like treatment.
Brian Tyler Cohen is an ignorant and mundane, bland personality-less individual who has a platform for a reason I cannot fathom but must assume has something to do with a relative who used to be in the entertainment business. Otherwise he wouldn’t be here. He should be looking at the century of Democrat rule in Alabama for an indication as to what has been going on during his lifetime when (2) Democrats had a chance at it in that state.
But then again, Cohen doesn’t care about Alabama or Louisiana or any of the other Republican-led states he insults on his little show. He is just a hack. Somebody paid to say lines that Democrat party leadership thinks are funny or winning.
I Am Establishing A New Antiestablishment
Write In Freedom has been self-funded, with no party affiliation. I am actually not even registered to vote anymore, after demanding to be removed from the rolls. I did this after being mistreated by both parties, from the local to the state and even federal level. City councilmen. Congressmen. State legislators. Presidents and their advisors or campaign managers. As well as rank & file members. All these influencers. I’ve had beefs with more people than I can count and they have had (R) and (D) before their names.
There is currently no independent media worth reading nor watching other than this small blog which is read by thousands of journalists around the world, as well as elected officials and their staff from America, Canada, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. But what you get from me are critical insights and actual solutions.
The fact is that the number of registered voters without party affiliation dwarfs both parties combined. It’s just that those people are not easily organized right now outside of party activities. That is possibly due to the historical difficulty of organizing communications or movement outside of party channels. Today it could be done but is more often thwarted – by party operatives – before any real change can be made. This project is intended to disrupt and destroy forever the grip that the 2-party system has on American politics and life. We, the people, deserve better.
Both Sides Are Welcome To Pay Me For My Thoughts Instead of Plagiarizing Them
Democrats or Republicans are welcome to interact with me and treat me professionally and fairly. I will give advice, make policy recommendations, write legislation, or run campaigns to my liking. What I will not do is be paid to promote your agenda or falsify beliefs. Eventually the American people will find out about me and it will be a harsh embarrassment, an indictment of the uniparty – that I was kept a secret for so long.
People of the world, and citizens of the United States, I am here to lead.
Join me.
