{"id":5812,"date":"2026-07-31T12:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/31\/trump-to-meet-cabinet-at-camp-david-as-iran-war-drags-on-us-politics-live\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:31:53","slug":"trump-to-meet-cabinet-at-camp-david-as-iran-war-drags-on-us-politics-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=5812","title":{"rendered":"Trump to meet cabinet at Camp David as Iran war drags on \u2013 US politics live"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new survey of voters in 18 congressional toss-up districts by the Working Families Party showed voters, and especially independents,<\/strong> want candidates who challenge the political system.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The survey<\/a> found 80% of voters agreed that elected officials care more about wealthy donors and powerful interests than people like them. When given a choice between a generic candidate who is an experienced elected official who focuses on \u201cpractical reforms\u201d who gets funding from established groups and party donors, or a \u201cpolitical outsider who says the system is broken\u201d who calls for changes to the status quo, the outsider wins by 14 points in the poll, including among independents and moderates.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe survey does not show that every progressive policy or organizational cue is equally effective,\u201d a polling memo from the Working Families Party says. \u201cInstead, it points to a broader candidate posture: challenge concentrated power, demonstrate independence from party leadership, and connect change to material improvements in people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Working Families Party, a progressive minor political party that\u2019s growing in recent years<\/a>, concludes that advocating for changing the political system instead of a conventional move toward the political center in a competitive district is a more winnable strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strongest candidate in this environment is therefore not simply the most progressive or the most moderate,\u201d the memo says. \u201cIt is the candidate who can credibly demonstrate that they are independent of entrenched power, willing to challenge their own party, and focused on delivering meaningful improvements for working people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new survey of voters in 18 congressional toss-up districts by the Working Families Party showed voters, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}