Why the Democrats Still Need Working-Class White Voters

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Torie you need to read your article.

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He uses a mid term election during a tough economic time as his worst case scenario.  Parties in power lose midterms all the time.  It is the norm.  I would not use it to extrapolate presidential elections.

And I don't think anyone on this forum or beyond thinks the Democratic party can jettison white working class voters.  That's absurd.  Why do you think Dems are so chummy with unions?  Only getting 40% of that vote is an electoral drubbing, but even your article states 40% almost ensures a perpetual lock on the White House.

The rich or upper class are by definition a small minority.  I don't think anyone in the Democratic coalition would swap all the white working class voters for a handful of latte sippers.  Democrats can do math.  Obama isn't running the United States like Vermont.  Anyone that has paid attention to Obama's track record and been to Vermont wouldn't confuse the two.

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Torie you need to read your article.

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He uses a mid term election during a tough economic time as his worst case scenario.  Parties in power lose midterms all the time.  It is the norm.  I would not use it to extrapolate presidential elections.

And I don't think anyone on this forum or beyond thinks the Democratic party can jettison white working class voters.  That's absurd.  Why do you think Dems are so chummy with unions?  Only getting 40% of that vote is an electoral drubbing, but even your article states 40% almost ensures a perpetual lock on the White House.

The rich or upper class are by definition a small minority.  I don't think anyone in the Democratic coalition would swap all the white working class voters for a handful of latte sippers.  Democrats can do math.  Obama isn't running the United States like Vermont.  Anyone that has paid attention to Obama's track record and been to Vermont wouldn't confuse the two.

Yes, and the point, is that if the Dems can get a tad more of the white working class vote, then they will be able to trump the Pubs in off year elections, even if their person of color and youngs base turnout falls off in off year elections. But absent that, off year elections remain a problem for the Dems all things being equal at this point.

Well that is true but that statement is a lot more nuanced that the title of this thread.  If you are winning the White House and both houses of Congress every four years you are in a pretty good position.  Honestly both houses should be Democratic right now if it weren't for Gerrymandering.  If someone wants to talk about obstacles to the Democratic party that's what they really need to discuss.  Dems won more votes for the House and still don't control it.  That doesn't signal to me a problem with white working class voters.