The Democrats must recognise that we are a centrist country and that, as a party, they have moved far too aggressively to the Left, platforming radicals at their convention, praising anti-American and anti-Israel campus protestors, and appointing too many extremists to positions of authority.

American voters want pragmatic moderates rather than extremist ideologues. They also eschew the elitism of the current Democratic leadership and large parts of its voting base.

The Democrats used to be the party of working-class people who care more about feeding their families than pursuing a progressive agenda. Recently, they have become captives of the hard-Left, especially among young people.