Obama’s Influence Wanes After Election Loss

The choice of the people is clear, however, given that Trump won the Electoral College with a resounding 312 to 226 margin. This victory was made possible in part by the fact that Trump became the first Republican to win the popular vote by nearly three million votes since former President George W. Bush in 2004.

The legacy of Barack Obama, the de facto head of the Democratic Party, has been severely harmed as a result of this decision, and the party will remain essentially impotent in Washington, District of Columbia, until at least the year 2026.

After Trump’s triumph eight years earlier, which drastically transformed the Republican Party, the Democrats have been compelled to reconstruct themselves as a result of the political destruction that Trump caused in 2024. According to a report by the Washington Examiner, a significant number of members are requesting that the party seek out new leadership rather than continuing to rely on its former leaders.

As Democratic governors, several of whom are expected to run for president in 2028, form a coalition called Governors Safeguarding Democracy to better protest Trump, former Obama Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is pleading with the Democratic Party to “do better than reach back to its glory days to find victory.” Johnson is making this request as the coalition brings together Democratic governors.