President-elect Donald Trump not only defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, he also defeated former President Barack Obama.

Obama, who vigorously supported Harris throughout his campaign, advised voters that the 2024 election would be a contest between character and principles rather than ideas.312 to 226 Electoral College victory, which was made possible in part by Trump becoming the first Republican to win the popular vote by nearly three million votes since former President George W. Bush in 2004.

That decision has seriously damaged the legacy of Obama, the Democratic Party’s de facto leader, and left the party largely helpless in Washington, D.C., until at least 2026.

Trump’s 2024 political devastation has forced Democrats to reorganize after he fundamentally altered the Republican Party with his victory eight years prior. Many members are asking the party to look for new leadership rather than rely on its previous leaders, the Washington Examiner reported.

Former Obama Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is begging the Democratic Party to “do better than reach back to its glory days to find victory” as Democratic governors, several of whom are predicted to run for president in 2028, form a coalition, Governors Safeguarding Democracy, to better protest Trump