Craig Snyder, former U.S. Army Undersec. Patrick Murphy and Lauren Harper Pope speak about intraparty divisions for Democrats during a panel in the Loop on Aug. 21, 2024. [Michael McDevitt]

Though they remain some of the most fundamental policy debates in the party, divisions over abortion, the Middle East and climate action shouldn’t be allowed to drive a meaningful wedge between members of the Democrats’ “big tent” coalition, panelists said during a Wednesday morning conversation sponsored by the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism’s Democratic National Convention roundtable series.