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<title><![CDATA[Steve Phillips - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/33164.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Steve Phillips]]></description><category domain="33164">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[To Win in 2028, Democrats Must Embrace Justice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/26/democrats-justice-2028-election</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party has been pressured to avoid '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'woke'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' policies. Instead, Democrats must stand firmly for equality and invest in mobilization]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Racism &amp; Misogyny Cost Democrats the 2024 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-analyses-of-the-2024-election-are-getting-wrong/ar-AA1Gv8q5</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Democrats sift through the wreckage of 2024, they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re starting to conduct a familiar procedure: the post-election autopsy. Armed with exit polls, turnout data, and demographic breakdowns, analysts are dissecting Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s defeat with surgical precision. But like many...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[States Won't Tell Dems How To Win. Look to the Counties]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/states-wont-tell-us-how-to-win-the-next-election-we-need-to-look-at-counties/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An accurate understanding of the geography of our nation shows that our reach and power is more promising than we may feel at the moment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[United States Has Always Been a Divided Nation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-united-states-has-always-been-a-divided-nation/ar-AA1y70Pr</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Coming to terms with this reality will allow us to strengthen and maximize the full power and potential of our nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the one dedicated to the proposition of equality.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Should Appeal to Their Base, Not Swing Voters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/26/democrats-election-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic strategists want to 'persuade' over voters. But the real problem is Democratic voters not showing up to polls]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why April 9 Should Be a National Holiday]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/09/civil-war-america-april-9-national-holiday</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rather than celebrate this milestone of multiracial democracy, our leaders conspicuously ignore the occasion]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Every Month Is White History Month]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/20/ron-desantis-white-history-month-black-history-month-florida</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conservatives are blocking a more inclusive version of history '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' even as our Capitol contains statues of white supremacists]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Questions the New DCCC Chair Needs To Answer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dccc-chair-suzan-del-bene-questions/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[House Democrats have a new campaign chief. She needs to make a lot of changes. Here are some good places to start.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Turned Arizona Purple--and What's Next?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/arizona-swing-state-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Big Democratic wins in 2022 in Arizona represent a promising trend, and progressives need to learn its lessons.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California Is the Key To Control of Congress]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3637882-california-is-the-key-to-control-of-congress/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California will determine whether Democrats retain their majority in the House of Representatives. Conventional wisdom holds that the outcome of the midterm elections is a fait accompli in which Speaker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Nancy Pelosi'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' (D-Calif.) will surrender her gavel to fellow Californian Republican...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Billionaires Setting Back Cause of Racial Justice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/18/why-are-democratic-billionaires-backing-white-candidates-over-better-candidates-of-color</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With white billionaire friends like these, progressives and Democrats are likely to lose political power and also set back the cause of racial justice in this country]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Can Break the 'Midterm Curse']]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/midterm-curse-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular belief, incumbent parties aren't automatically fated to lose seats. Just look at 1998.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Must Double Down on Progressivism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/04/democratic-strategists-are-embracing-popularism-but-theyve-got-it-wrong</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A debate is raging about what type of policies Democrats should lead with. Simply following the polls is a flawed approach]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Primary Kyrsten Sinema]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/primary-krysten-sinema/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[She's actively alienating the very voters that make up the coalition that elected her.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Centrist Democrats Are Wrong About November's Losses]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-elections-congress-turnout/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It wasn't because voters were turned off by leftist sloganeering but because Dems failed to inspire their own base'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and the data prove it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's in Charge of the Democratic Party?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/whos-in-charge-of-the-democratic-party/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[That's actually a surprisingly difficult question to answer. We must have more accountability and transparency if the party is to live up to its name.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Works Harder Than Dems to Reach Black Voters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/10/trump-democrats-black-voters-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump spent $11m on a single television ad targeting African Americans. Democrats won't cough up a fraction]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders Can Beat Trump. Here's the Math.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/bernie-sanders-can-beat-trump-heres-the-math/ar-BB10w9IR</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whatever you think about Bernie Sanders as a potential president, it is wrong to dismiss his chances of winning the office. Not only does most of the available empirical evidence show Mr. Sanders defeating President Trump in the national popular vote and in the critical Midwestern states...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[12 States Where Democrats Could Flip the Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/senate-race-democrats-2020/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This November, Republicans are in danger of losing seats across the land'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'especially in Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Biggest 2019 Victories for Progressives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/best-progressive-stories-2019/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From funding for the Census to Stacey Abrams's persistence, progressives did score some victories this year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Can't Play It Safe. They Need Inspiring Candidates.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/opinion/democrats-midterms-progressives.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Learning the right lessons from the 2018 midterms is key for the party as it looks ahead to the 2020 elections.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Could Claim a New American Majority. Will They?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/opinion/democrats-alabama-campaigns.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The unlikely Senate win in Alabama showed the path to victory across the country.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Party's Billion-Dollar Mistake]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/opinion/democrats-midterm-elections-black-voters.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party is at risk of repeating the billion-dollar blunder that helped create its devastating losses of 2016. With its obsessive focus on wooing voters who supported Donald Trump, it is neglecting the cornerstone of its coalition and failing to take the steps necessary to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Should Spend Their Millions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/how-democrats-should-spend-their-millions.html?ref=opinion&amp;_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The outpouring of outrage across the country in response to Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s election has created a significant opening for flipping Republican-held House seats. This wave of progressive activism has found its way to the campaign coffers of Jon Ossoff, the leading Democrat in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Move Left, Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/opinion/move-left-democrats.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic National Committee will choose its next leader on Saturday, and when it does it should choose a leader who will resist the pressure to pursue the wrong white people. Hundreds of articles have been written about the imperative of attracting more support from white...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Build a Democratic Majority That Lasts]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/opinion/campaign-stops/how-to-build-a-democratic-majority-that-lasts.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Phillips</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The demographic revolution of the past 50 years has transformed the United States from a predominantly white country into a truly multiracial nation. People of color have grown to 38 percent of the population todayfrom 12 percent in 1966, and that metamorphosis paved the path to electing...]]></description>
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