Harris Poll chairman Mark Penn appeared on FOX News to discuss today’s elections, including the NJ and VA gubernatorial races and the New York City and Minneapolis mayoral races.

JOHN ROBERTS, FOX NEWS: So, Mark, all eyes have been on New York City, but you also have to look to Minneapolis and Seattle as well, where self-proclaimed socialists are running for mayor there. Omar Fateh in Minneapolis, Katie Wilson in Seattle, and the backing for them is splitting the party as well. For example, in Minneapolis, Omar Fateh is backed by Ilhan Omar. Jacob Frey, who is the incumbent, is backed by Tim Walz. I mean, there are a lot of people in the Democratic Party who do not want to see this move towards socialism. What do you say? MARK PENN, HARRIS POLL: Well, I agree with them. Essentially, what’s happened here is the DSA has glommed onto the Democratic Party and said, hey, we’re Democrats. And unfortunately, the DNC leadership has said, sure, come on in. It doesn’t really matter if you believe things that are completely antithetical to core Democratic principles. We’re welcoming you if you win elections. I think that’s a crazy position for a party. It’s ultimately, fundamentally destructive. I always remind people that in 1972 and 1984, the Democratic Party managed to reduce itself to a single state. And we could be headed for another wave. I mean, look, we see what happened in Chicago. There was a clear choice. They chose the candidate farther to the left. And now the entire city is in an uproar because of the results that they’ve gotten. These cities with these mayors are going to get worse results. And this, I think, trend has the real capability to take the party even further down, which, let’s face it, it’s out of power in all branches of government precisely because it’s moved too far to the left.

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