The Democratic Party Slides Into Irrelevance
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The Democratic Party Slides Into Irrelevance
Why arenrCOt these boom times for AmericarCOs opposition party?
By David A. Graham
A donkey cutout in a photo of a No Kings protest
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Ringo Chio / AFP / Getty; Getty.
June 17, 2025
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This past weekend marked a high for opposition to Donald Trump, and
another low for the opposition party.
From Chula Vista, California, to Portland, Maine, and from Bellingham, Washington, to Key Largo, Florida, Americans demonstrated against the president, in rCLNo KingsrCY protests scheduled to coincide with TrumprCOs military parade in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. The parade, desultory
and poorly attended, set a striking contrast with the marchers, whom
observers estimated to number in the millions. That would make
SaturdayrCOs protests some of the largest in American history. Three of
the biggest sets of U.S. demonstrations have taken place while Trump has
been president, an indication of intense grassroots opposition toward
him and his vision for the Republican Party.
So these ought to be boom times for AmericarCOs other major party. But Democrats seemed almost entirely irrelevant last weekend. While many
ordinary Americans engaged in the most kinetic kind of politics, the Democratic National Committee was splintering acrimoniously, and some of
the partyrCOs most prominent leaders were busy attending a glitzy Hamptons wedding that brought together two venerable, aging dynasties: the Soros
family and the Clinton political machine. Although Democratic officials attended and spoke at many of SaturdayrCOs rallies, the No Kings protests
were not driven by the Democratic PartyrCowhich may have been one of the protestsrCO strengths.
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David A. Graham
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David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic Daily newsletter.
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