KYW Newsradio: What's next for the Democratic Party as Biden steps aside from 2024 race?

Associate Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of the Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility Ben Berger discussed the historical significance of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, and what comes next for the Democratic Party as the November general election approaches:

“We are as polarized as ever,” Berger said. “I think the new candidate needs to stress unity, needs to stress pluralism, and needs to stress that they are not going to try to get everything that every part of their base wants. Because in this country, federalism says that you can get a win at the local level, you can get some of what you want at the state level, you can get some of what you want at the national level, and nobody gets all of what they want. And it’s that mentality of all or nothing that always leads countries astray. 

“We can't learn from history what we ought to do right now. But we can pretty well learn what we ought not to do, what's been a loser in the past. And it's been a loser to go all or nothing, to go for the full monty. So if I'm that unifying person, I put that out there as a positive ideology, not simply as a ‘Oh, well, a second best thing,’ but ‘pluralism is a good thing,’ because everybody's going to get some of what they want, and everyone deserves to get some of what they want. And I embrace that fully.” 

Listen to Berger’s full segment from KYW Newsradio.