FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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Survey of 2,000 Progressives Reveals Alarming Crisis of Confidence in Democratic Leadership as Trump Returns to the White House
In the new survey published by Our Revolution, only 14% of respondents express strong confidence that Democratic leaders will work to block the worst of the Trump agenda.
Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese is available to comment on the survey results and the future of progressive activism during Trump’s second term.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Our Revolution, the nation’s largest progressive political organizing group, is releasing the findings of a sweeping new survey of more than 2,000 of the organization’s members conducted in the immediate aftermath of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The respondents, a subset of Our Revolution’s grassroots network of approximately 8 million supporters in all 50 states, include rank-in-file Democratic Party activists and base voters, many of whom supported Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 presidential primary.
Topline findings from the survey reveal that:
- Only 14% of respondents indicated that they are ‘very confident’ that the Democratic Party and its leaders in Congress, state houses, and city halls will work to block the worst of the Trump agenda.
- Following the inauguration, 43% of respondents said they are angry, and another 40% said they’re feeling worried, scared or sad.
- When asked to select from a list of Trump White House policy priorities, respondents ranked these as their top three concerns:
- Slashing critical public programs like Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, gutting departments of education and public health, and more
- Destabilizing the economy with high tariffs, de-regulating crypto, more Trump tax cuts for billionaires and corporations, and empowering to Oligarchs like Musk and Bozos
- Declaring a national emergency to “drill baby drill,” expanding fossil fuel extraction and reversing environmental protections as climate chaos intensifies
“These survey results point to an undeniable crisis of confidence in Democratic leadership at a time of unprecedented corporate takeover of the American federal government,” said Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese. “As Trump and his billionaire benefactors declare all-out war on the working-class, the only effective counterweight to their extreme MAGA agenda will be a Democratic Party that is ready to take on corporate influence and embrace a true populist, working-class vision for the country. Our Revolution is committed to holding the Trump administration accountable while also pushing for real reforms and calling out hypocrisy within the ranks of the Democratic Party.”
To request an interview with Mr. Geevarghese, please contact: media@ourrevolution.com
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Our Revolution is America’s largest grassroots progressive political organizing group, born out of Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign. It focuses on mobilizing communities, electing progressive champions, advocating for progressive policies, and transforming the Democratic Party to serve people, not corporate interests.