What was the party that continually lost all the important elections supposed to do? The law is very clear that they are not in power in any way.

There's no such thing as a power that the losing team has. The people with authority in the US come from the majority party.

You want the DNC to do stuff, to solve problems, to execute plans that grow this country, you have to put them into power first

Republican voters understand just fine that if republicans don't win the election, their will does not become law. Why is that so hard for Democrat supporters and voters to understand?

There are lots of Democrats legitimately elected to Congress who are not using their lawful power effectively. But the other answer is that Dems could have created a party worth voting for ten or even five years ago.

Because notionally, the “game” isn’t supposed to be winners-take-all. And democrats believe in the game even when they’re not winning.

> What was the party that continually lost all the important elections supposed to do?

They're supposed to write a coherent plan with specifics on what they are going to do once they are in power. The (R) side did this with Project 2025. It was detailed and specific and they are executing on it like a checklist. Where is the (D) checklist?

> You want the DNC to do stuff, to solve problems, to execute plans that grow this country, you have to put them into power first

I'm not going to help vote them into power unless I see what their plan is. Even a one-liner that says "We have a list of what Trump did and we're going to revert each commit!" is better than nothing. Their party platform from 2024 is vague and talks more about principles and what they're not going to do rather than specific things they are going to do.