据原文报道，Donald Trump总统和共和党正以较弱的政治态势进入2026年中期选举周期，但民主党也正面临与民主党全国委员会主席Ken Martin领导下据称出现的动荡有关的内部问题。

《纽约时报》的Shane Goldmacher和Reid J. Epstein周日报道称，53岁的Martin在党组织内部日益孤立。他们写道：“At the center is Ken Martin, the 53-year-old party chairman, who has found himself increasingly isolated, gripped by the fear that he will lose his job and relying on a vanishingly small circle of people he trusts, according to interviews with more than two dozen Democrats, including current and former D.N.C. officials and members,” “Most of them spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the party’s troubled state of affairs.”

Goldmacher和Epstein还报道了7月初一起涉及一名初级助理的事件。“Mr. Martin’s fraying nerves are showing. In a pique of frustration in early July, he threw his phone at the desk of a junior aide while upbraiding the person. The phone-tossing incident resulted in a formal complaint to the D.N.C.’s human resources department.”

据《纽约时报》报道，这起据称的扔手机事件促使D.N.C.人力资源官员就此事与Martin会面。报道将该事件描述为Martin短暂领导该组织期间出现的多个问题之一。他因推迟发布对2024年总统大选的复盘，并随后发布一份不完整且带注释的版本而受到批评。他很少在媒体上露面，员工士气被广泛报道称低落，该组织也受到泄密问题影响。据报道，Martin还一直担心自己会被解职。

D.N.C.的财务状况是另一个重大问题，尤其是因为全国性政党资源可在中期选举周期中帮助资助选民动员、数据运营，并支持国会竞选委员会。

《纽约时报》报道称：“None of the party’s problems are more acute than money,” “For more than a decade, the D.N.C. has transferred millions of dollars every election to sister committees responsible for winning the House and Senate. But the national party is now so short on cash — even after taking out a $15 million loan last year — that officials have privately conveyed to congressional leadership that there will be no such transfers in 2026.”

据《纽约时报》报道，尽管共和党在民调中表现吃力，但其筹款规模明显领先于民主党。

《纽约时报》报道称：“New financial reports released this week revealed the depth of the D.N.C.’s financial hole,” “The party is $2 million in debt, while the Republican National Committee has $128.5 million in cash on hand. The party that holds the White House almost always raises more money into its party coffers, but this year’s chasm is extraordinarily large.”

6月接受AlterNet采访的消息人士也对Martin领导民主党的情况表达了担忧。一名匿名消息人士被描述为DNC Women’s Caucus的长期成员，该人士告诉AlterNet，Martin没有采取行动保护邮寄投票，以应对Trump据称试图压制邮寄投票的努力。该消息人士还表示，Martin拒绝从电子投票转向纸质凭证；该人士认为，纸质凭证更难被Trump和其他共和党人篡改。

该党5月的“复盘”承认了有关技术的担忧，称“any assessment of the state of technology in the Democratic party would be incomplete without an acknowledgement that comprehensive data warehouses like Phoenix represent an irresistible target for hackers and other bad actors seeking to undermine the integrity of the modern political process.”