DNC leaders look to rebound at summer meeting amid plunging polls, fundraising

MINNEAPOLIS MN As the Democratic National Committee DNC holds its annual summer meeting party leaders and representatives face a multitude of problems as they try to escape the political wilderness There's no doubt that we have work to do DNC chair Ken Martin acknowledged in a sit-down interview this summer with Fox News Digital Martin who was elected DNC chair in February noted that the party has continued to lose ground with various parts of our coalition Martin will address the more than elected party representatives from all states and several territories as the summer meeting kicks off at a downtown hotel in Minneapolis Minnesota on Monday morning DNC CHAIR TELLS FOX NEWS PARTY HAS HIT ROCK BOTTOM The party is trying to escape the political wilderness after last year's elections when Democrats lost control of the White House and the Senate and fell short in their bid to win back the House majority And Republicans made gains with voters who make up key parts of the Democratic Party's base But the situation has only worsened for the Democrats in the months since last year's balloting setbacks The Democrats' brand is deeply unpopular especially with younger voters as the party's poll numbers continue to drop to all-time lows in national surveys DNC CHAIR TELLS FOX NEWS WE WANT EVERYONE INCLUDING LEFTISTS LIKE MAMDANIThe DNC faces a massive fundraising deficit at the hands of the rival Republican National Committee RNC fueled in part by major party donors cutting back their contributions as they express their frustrations with the national party committee New voter statistics first published last week by the New York Times proved Democratic Party registration plunging while GOP sign-ups were on the rise in the states that register voters by party And while Democrats appear energized to fight the sweeping and controversial moves by President Donald Trump during his first seven months in office they seem to be divided on how hard to push back against the new administration There's also a party divide over Israel's nearly two-year-old war with Hamas in Gaza with dueling resolutions being the latest sign of the Democrats' once unshakeable aid for the Jewish State fracturing LONGTIME TRUMP ALLY TAKES OVER CHAIRING REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEDespite the DNC chair admitting they have issues he saw a silver lining When you hit rock bottom there's only one direction to go and that's up and that's what we're doing Martin reported Former RNC chair Michael Whatley who formally stepped down last week as he runs for the Senate argued in a Fox News Digital interview that the Democrats are moving further and further and farther to the left They are walking away from Main Street right now They are beholden to left-wing radical woke policies They haven't learned a single thing from their voting process losses in Whatley claimed But despite all the problems and setbacks facing the Democrats they have enjoyed chosen victories of late Democrats have scored a slew of off-year and special polling wins ahead of next year's midterm elections when the GOP will be defending its majorities in the House and Senate as the party in power will likely face historical political headwinds Democrats have also landed certain top recruits - former Gov Roy Cooper in North Carolina and former Sen Sherrod Brown in Ohio in two of the majority crucial Senate races And while the Democratic Party's poll numbers are in the gutter the approval and favorable ratings for Trump and the GOP are nothing to brag about Plus polls indicate that the so-called Big Beautiful Bill which is the Trump-inspired massive Republican domestic plan tax cuts and spending law remains unpopular with Americans Despite the poll numbers new RNC chair Joe Gruters stated Fox News Digital last week that we have the momentum on our side we have the issues on our side and we have a president who cares about every single American And we're gonna take that vision and push it all the way through the midterms But as he looks ahead to next year's midterm elections Martin sees the GOP agenda as ammunition We welcome the debate because this is the debate that's going to authentically help us as a Democratic Party build our coalition again and win elections the DNC chair insisted