Todays politics demands that politicians engage with voters at their own level. The dems are full of career politicians that talk about every subject except those that really matter. Telling someone that the economy is great when inflation has crippled and is still crippling millions is insulting. Telling americans that giving billions to a country in wealthy europe is the right thing to do, when the vast majority of americans will never leave america just doesn't resonate. There are 100 other reasons, those are just the basics