I’m a DNC vice chair, here’s how Democrats reconnect with voters

Democrats can survive the red wave. In states like Missouri, voters backed the party agenda for helping workers and securing reproductive rights. Here's how we do that nationally.

But broadly speaking, at the national level, we as Democrats have not been able to effectively make the same progress. And unfortunately, there is no quick fix that will bridge the deep divides in America.  Ken N. Martin is chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party and a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

On Election Day, voters across Missouri passed ballot measures to guarantee paid sick leave for workers, protect reproductive rights and raise the state minimum wage. These are policy ideas straight out of the Democratic agenda – and yet, in the same election, Missouri Republicans again swept all statewide races by wide margins.