Democratic strategists assembled at a meeting in early February to analyze the recent political failures of the party, finding that their disconnect from working-class people presents a liability.

President Donald Trump defeated now-former Vice President Kamala Harris last year as the Republicans took both the House and the Senate, leading many to conclude that the Democrats are without national leadership or direction beyond reacting against the new administration.

Third Way, a group of centrist Democrats, invited political operatives to a retreat in order to “chart the Democratic comeback,” ultimately creating a five-page analysis of why Democratic candidates recently “are struggling with working-class voters around cultural issues, the nature of the economic trust gap with this critical group, and ideas for how to address both problems.”