Democratic focus group calls party 'weak,' 'spineless' and 'floundering'

Director of Syracuse University’s Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship Institute Margaret Talev discusses the language used by Democrats to describe the party and what voters are looking for in a primary candidate, as part of focus group conducted by Syracuse University, Engagious and Sago.

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