The Democratic primary elections of 2018 have brought an end to an era of deference by liberals to establishment leaders in Washington and the states, as an emboldened coalition of women, young people and racial minorities claimed ownership of the party and steered it to war against President Trump.
In an echo of the Republican Party’s metamorphosis in the early years of Barack Obama’s presidency, when Tea Party activists on the right revolted against Republican elites and reforged the G.O.P. as a party of fire-breathing rural populism, Democratic voters and activists have increasingly succeeded at transforming their party into a more ambitious liberal force. CONT.
Alexander Burns, New York Times