#electoral-strategy

#electoral-strategy

To that illustrious lineage, we can add the perennial spectacle of the Democratic establishment blanching before the prospect of a successful movement-driven populist campaign. The latest campaign in question, of course, is Zohran Mamdani's bid to be the next mayor of New York, and skittish party leaders are already declaring it a pox upon their efforts to recapture a House majority in the 2026

Latest Ipsos polling has the Tory party's national vote share on just 15%. YouGov polling has the party on 18%. The last time the Conservative party polled 30% or more was in September 2022. A party that gave people a choice at the ballot box has become a husk. It is, as a former MP colleague said to me recently, akin to an empty warehouse the building is still there but the goods inside have all but disappeared.

To just simply stand by passively and allow Republicans to rig the process in their favor is actually a form of complicity. It's the opposite of protecting democracy.

Pizzo believes that running as a no-party candidate will appeal to independents, stating that the Democratic Party is 'dead' and pushing for fresh alternatives.

"Sir Keir Starmer faces the first major electoral test of his premiership, with local elections in England that challenge Labour's hold in Tory heartlands."