根據來源文章，總統 Donald Trump 與 Republican Party 正以較弱的政治態勢進入 2026 年期中選舉週期，但民主黨也正面臨與 Democratic National Committee 主席 Ken Martin 領導下據報導出現的動盪有關的內部問題。

The New York Times 的 Shane Goldmacher 和 Reid J. Epstein 週日報導稱，53 歲的 Martin 在黨內組織中變得愈發孤立。他們寫道：「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,」並稱：「Most of them spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the party’s troubled state of affairs.」

Goldmacher 和 Epstein 也報導了 7 月初一起涉及一名初級助理的事件。「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.」

據 Times 報導，這起據稱的丟手機事件促使 D.N.C. 人力資源官員與 Martin 就此事會面。報導稱，該事件只是 Martin 短暫領導該組織期間出現的多項問題之一。他因延後發布 2024 年總統選舉檢討，並隨後發布一個不完整且附有註解的版本而受到批評。他很少接受媒體訪問，員工士氣普遍被報導為低落，該組織也受到內部洩密影響。據報導，Martin 也一直擔心自己會被解職。

D.N.C. 的財務狀況是另一項重大問題，尤其是因為全國黨部資源可在期中選舉週期中協助資助選民動員、資料運作以及對國會競選委員會的支援。

Times 報導稱：「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.」

據 Times 報導，共和黨儘管在民調中表現吃力，但在募款方面大幅領先民主黨。

Times 報導稱：「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 訪問的消息人士也對 Martin 對 Democratic Party 的領導表達擔憂。一名匿名消息人士被描述為 DNC Women’s Caucus 的長期成員，他告訴 AlterNet，Martin 並未採取行動保護郵寄投票，以應對 Trump 據報導試圖壓制郵寄投票的作為。該消息人士還表示，Martin 拒絕從電子投票轉向紙本收據；該消息人士主張，紙本收據將使 Trump 和其他共和黨人更難進行竄改。

該黨 5 月的「檢討報告」承認了對技術的擔憂，稱「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.」