Carville on Democrats’ low polling: ‘We’re winning elections left and right’

Democratic strategist and pundit James Carville says he’s not concerned about the party’s prospects in coming elections, dismissing polls showing widespread dissatisfaction with it among voters.

“I don’t doubt any of that’s true, but there’s one thing: We’re winning elections left and right as we’re talking about how the Democratic number or image is low. It’s in the toilet, or whatever you want to say. I don’t dispute that,” Carville said Wednesday during an appearance on CNN.

Carville cited a recent mayoral race in Omaha, Neb., that Democrats won and similar victories in Wisconsin and Iowa.

“So, I’m not that upset and in angst about mid-May of 2025. I think if we start — you know, We’ve got Virginia coming up, we’re going to win that,” he predicted in comments first highlighted by Mediaite. “The political press is going to be reporting polling numbers, and I’m going to be looking at election results.”

Polling released this week showed only 1 in 3 Democrats are optimistic about the party’s future.

The Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that 35 percent of surveyed Democrats are “very or somewhat” optimistic about the future of their party, while another 36 percent are “very or somewhat” pessimistic about its future. Some 29 percent are neither pessimistic nor optimistic. 

Overall, only 17 percent of surveyed Americans said they are optimistic about the Democratic Party’s future.