Was Obama bad for the Democratic Party?

We got a bit lazy and found ourselves relying on Barack Obama's charisma, and it left us in bad shape.” Barring seismic developments, the .... By the end of Obama's presidency, the Democratic Party had lost nearly a thousand seats in state legislatures across America. read more

Ultimately, as Brownstein says, we don’t yet know how much damage the Obama era will have done to the Democratic Party, because the 2016 elections could of course leave the White House in Democratic hands and scale down the Dem losses in Congress. read more

The Democratic Party has problems independent of Obama. For example, what happened with Bernie Sanders this year. Historically the Democrats are not that bad in the House or Senate. read more

There's no conclusion to draw from that chart except that, from top to bottom, the Democratic Party is less healthy today than it was when Obama won the White House eight years ago. Or, to put it simpler: not destroyed but badly diminished. read more