The Democrats’ midterm drubbing was a "prairie rebellion," where "people are not voting in droves," according to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
De Blasio, a Democrat, said there is a fundamental misunderstanding between Democratic representatives and their base.
"The Democratic party has to look in the mirror and bluntly realize that if we repeat 2014, we’re clearly doomed," de Blasio said.
"We cannot win an election if our own people are not motivated."
A lot of Democrats thought it was about persuasion "of an electorate all ready to vote," de Blasio said in an interview with Politico’s Mike Allen on Wednesday. Democratic campaigns followed a template of persuading voters rather than motivating them.
According to de Blasio, a profound paradigm shift occurred where "the option of not voting became more and more real."
In his mind, his party’s failure stems from the Democratic base’s "lack of a belief that anyone was actually representing their interests," and not a shortage of American Democrats.