Across the Sun Belt, an economic populist message is outpolling conventional centrism Published April 29, 2026 6:30AM (EDT) A woman casts her ballot during the Maryland state primary election at a polling station in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 14, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images) Although Democrats seem increasingly well-positioned to make significant gains in the House and potentially even the Senate in the 2026 midterms, the party’s collapse in 2024 has sparked an ongoing battle over how to woo the voters they need. New polling data, provided to Salon by Way to Win , a Democratic donor network and strategy group, suggests that the best way to reach key voters may not be in the centrist messaging favored by many in the party, but by a broad anti-corporate, economic and populist message.…