Democratic strategist James Carville suggested in a Tuesday video that far-left individuals should formally break away from the Democratic Party.
Among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, 45% would prefer the Democratic Party become “more moderate,” according to Gallup polling published in February. Carville, in a Politicon video, argued that far-left elements are hurting the party’s appeal and proposed “a schism” as a possible solution.
“The only thing I’d ask is just don’t use the word ‘Democratic’ in any title that you have, because most Democrats that I know that are running for office don’t want your name, don’t want you to be part of the deal,” Carville said. “Yeah, sure, they would be glad to take your votes. Who wouldn’t? Everybody wants to get as many votes as they can. Maybe you come up with your own name.”
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“And by the way, nothing against — after the election, we can sit down and do like is done in parliamentary governments or governments around the world,” he continued. “You sit down and you say, ‘Okay, we want to be part of a governing majority. And we have these things that we want you to do to bring us in.’ And we have negotiations and we figure a way that we can live with different parties, different titles, but under the same general philosophical roof.”
While Carville said he agrees with most of the “faculty lounge and identity left” policy goals, he drew a line on what he called “pronoun politics.”
“I think that if this election did not teach you how damaging that is, I don’t think there’s anything that I can tell you. And you say, ‘This guy is stuck in another century — not another decade — and he represents nothing to do with the future of our movement.’ I can accept that,” he said. “You’re not really going to hurt my feelings. So maybe we could have a kind of amicable split here and we go to post in 2026. Because you don’t ever run. They never run against a Republican. Okay? All they do is run against other Democrats.”
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“I don’t quite understand why you’re so anxious to have the word ‘Democrat’ in the description of what you do. But maybe we can have an amicable split here and you go your way and we go our way,” he continued. “And after the election, we come together and see how much common ground we can find. I know this is of heresy. It’s always been — the Democratic Party has always been the coalition. People said we have to work hard in the coalition.”
For instance, the Democratic strategist said he recalls when the party attempted to unite “southern segregationist Democrats” and “more progressive Democrats” under the Democratic label.
“Maybe it’s just not worth it anymore … maybe what I think is that what you are proposing — which are stupid fucking buttons with jackass pronouns on it — is something that no one in the country really wants,” Carville said. “And in fact, it turns people off and costs us votes.”
Carville also asserted during a Thursday podcast that the Democratic Party will no longer choose its candidates based on their gender, race or ethnicity.
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“No one gives a shit anymore in the Democratic Party what gender you are, what race you are, what ethnicity you are,” he said. “They just want to win.”
Moreover, he said during an April 3 discussion that Democratic swing-state senators felt that overcoming their party’s brand was their most significant challenge as candidates, particularly noting Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego and Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who both were elected in 2024.
“If you talk to, like, Senator Liz Slotkin or Ruben, they’ll tell you the hardest thing they had to overcome was a ‘D’ after their name, okay?” Carville said. “That was the one thing that they had to — we have created a party for people to run from, not to run on.”
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