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chris_gerribPundits are gonna pundit, and we hear much wailing and gnashing of teeth that Democrats "need to appeal to working class voters." Well, first off, Democrats are winning working-class votes. They win Hispanic and Black votes, and those are majority working-class people. What the Democrats don't win are white and rural working-class people (hereinafter WWCs).
Speaking as somebody who grew up WWC in a small town full of WWCs, let me suggest that if you want to win WWCs you grab them by the wallet. Show them an economic reason to vote Democratic, and you'll pick off enough of them to win.
Let me further suggest that a large part of what happened in 2016 was the collapse of the Obama voter. Trump got fewer votes than Clinton, and she got fewer votes than Obama in 2012. That one statistic is all you need to understand. Get more people to vote and the Democrats win! Yeah, there was some voter suppression, but Clinton was 4 million votes off of Obama's pace. That's not suppression, that's staying home.
Larry Correia is right (yes, it is getting chilly in hell at the moment) part of that is the Democrats nominated somebody because it was their turn. Now, we did so because the viable alternatives sat this one out, but still, Clinton, although a good person, isn't a strong campaigner.
So, yes, we Democrats have a bug hunt in front of us. But it's imminently winnable.
Speaking as somebody who grew up WWC in a small town full of WWCs, let me suggest that if you want to win WWCs you grab them by the wallet. Show them an economic reason to vote Democratic, and you'll pick off enough of them to win.
Let me further suggest that a large part of what happened in 2016 was the collapse of the Obama voter. Trump got fewer votes than Clinton, and she got fewer votes than Obama in 2012. That one statistic is all you need to understand. Get more people to vote and the Democrats win! Yeah, there was some voter suppression, but Clinton was 4 million votes off of Obama's pace. That's not suppression, that's staying home.
Larry Correia is right (yes, it is getting chilly in hell at the moment) part of that is the Democrats nominated somebody because it was their turn. Now, we did so because the viable alternatives sat this one out, but still, Clinton, although a good person, isn't a strong campaigner.
So, yes, we Democrats have a bug hunt in front of us. But it's imminently winnable.
