I watched CNN the morning after the election and there were 3 interviews that stood out in my mind.
1. A congresswoman from Michigan.
2. A congressman from Pennsylvania
3. A black gentleman from the Dem National Committee.
1 & 2 reiterated the same key point. The Democrats, who have always been the party of the working class, had abandoned them. Nothing coming from the party at the national level was reassuring these folks about jobs, inflation, and other economic issues.
3. He was very blunt. He said the message the democrats should have been sending had been hijacked by the progressives. Instead of job security, inflation, and affordable housing; we were hearing about defund the police, and "from the river to the sea" in media outlets.
I tend to agree with them. The Dems have a broken rudder on their ship.