自前总统乔·拜登做出史无前例的决定退出2024年总统竞选以来，已经过去了一年。
这一举动，一场政治地震，将当时的副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯推上了首位。在距离选举日107天的冲刺过程中，她筹集了超过10亿美元的资金，推动了她的历史性候选人资格。
尽管如此，结果是决定性的。每个摇摆州都支持特朗普。民主党在投票中屡遭失败，这让他们在共和党控制的华盛顿特区几乎没有什么影响力
一年后，随着中期选举的临近，民主党的前进道路仍然模糊不清。在四分五裂的大帐篷党内部，意识形态和代际分歧依然存在。
一位旗手尚未出现，为该党开启新篇章。前总统巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)表示，民主党人必须“变得更加强硬”，才能有效挑战唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统和共和党人，该党成员需要“停止寻找救世主”。
反特朗普情绪当然是该党的动员因素，但这本身并不是解决美国人对民主党深深不满的灵丹妙药。
获胜的消息是不是在打击共和党在中期选举后才会生效的医疗补助削减?该党能否精心炮制出一条反映工人阶级和中产阶级焦虑的经济信息?时间会证明一切。
今年小年的几场比赛可能会让我们看到派对的能量和动力在哪里。
是不是和反叛的进步人士一样佐兰·曼达尼参加纽约市长竞选?分别竞选新泽西州和弗吉尼亚州州长的温和派民主党候选人米基·谢里尔(Mikie Sherrill)和阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格(Abigail Spanberger)会在2024年总统大选中夺回放弃民主党这艘船的幻灭选民吗?还有待观察。
值得注意的是，拜登的决定已经过去一年了，民主党还没有明显的重新定位。
A year post-Biden's exit, the Democratic Party still struggles to find footing: Analysis
It has been one year since former President Joe Biden made the unprecedented decision to step aside in the 2024 presidential race.
The move, a political earthquake, catapulted then-Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the ticket. Her historic candidacy was fueled by more than a billion dollars raised over the course of a 107-day sprint to Election Day.
Despite that, the outcome was decisive. Every swing state went to Trump. Democrats suffered defeat up and down the ballot, leaving them with little leverage in a Republican-controlled Washington, D.C.
A year later, and with midterms elections looming, the path forward for Democrats remains murky. Ideological and generational rifts persist within the fractured big-tent party.
A standard-bearer has yet to emerge to usher in a new chapter for the party. And former President Barack Obama has said that Democrats will have to "toughen up" to challenge President Donald Trump and Republicans effectively, and that members of the party need to "stop looking for the Messiah."
Anti-Trump sentiment is certainly a mobilizing factor for the party, but that in itself isn't a panacea for the deep dissatisfaction Americans have with the Democratic Party.
Is the winning message hammering Republicans on Medicaid cuts that won't go into effect until after the midterm elections? Can the party craft an economic message that speaks to the anxieties of the working and middle class? Time will tell.
A handful of races in this off-year might show us where the energy and momentum are in the party.
Is it with insurgent progressives likeZohran Mamdaniin New York City's mayoral race? Will the moderate Democratic candidates Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger, running for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, respectively, recapture disillusioned voters who abandoned the Democratic ship in the 2024 presidential election? It remains to be seen.
It is remarkable that a year out since Biden's decision, the party hasn't clearly reset.
