Joe Biden appeals to working-class whites who defected to Trump.

[Cattledog]

“Privately, those close to Trump say the Democrat who most worries the president and his team is Biden, who they fear could cut into his working-class white support in such states as Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,” Ashley Parker and Bob Costa reported last week.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/10/15/daily-202-joe-biden-appeals-to-working-class-whites-who-defected-to-trump-is-that-how-democrats-win-again/5bc396dc1b326b7c8a8d19a1/?utm_term=.b7f2940823fa

[lark]

1. Yep, Biden will trash drumpf in the rust belt.

With the choice between a real working class person and a fake working class destroyer, they will go with Joe.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. He is our best chance to win in my opinion.

I wish he were younger, but he is honest and appeals to working class families unlike any other candidate. He is not my first choice but he can win and that is what matters. He also won't let Trumper run over him.

[bearsfootball516]

3. I'm a Booker and Harris fan, but Joe may be the best chance.

His age worries me, but man is he popular in the Midwest. He would absolutely pick up a lot of those blue collar Midwest workers who went Obama twice and then went Trump.

[Le Gaucher]

13. I think they went Obama because of Biden.

[JonLP24]

4. I hope the strategy isn't to take minority voters for granted

And appeal to whites. I'm white myself and there are about 10 potential candidates I prefer.

[standingtall]

6. The party should not be viewed as taking minority voters for granted if Biden is the nominee

Biden is with minorities on just about every issue. By 2020 the party would not have nominated a white guy for 16 years.
All the talk of we need to nominate a woman or a person of color ignores the reality that over the last 3 Presidential election cycles we have done just that. We should nominate whoever gives us the best chance to win regardless of age,race or gender.

[JonLP24]

10. I'm just talking about the constant "white working class"

Frankly Im sick of it. How about working class overall? Biden isn't the best candidate for the working class because of the bankruptcy bill. CNN says Biden "speaks their language" referring to white working class.

If I hear white working class one more time I'm going to scream.

[EffieBlack]

15. Thank you

Not sure how a dwindling demographic is the end-all and be-all of politics.

Except, other course, the white.

[Gothmog]

5. I would support Joe if he ran

[WheelWalker]

7. I approve of this message.

[Small-Axe]

8. Yep, IMO our best foil to Donald J Trump is Joe Biden

If the choice of the next president were mine alone to make, I think I'd pick Cory Booker.

But looking at the likely race in 2020 I don't see another Democratic candidate who is as well-suited to beat Trump as Biden. Joe is the real deal who would win back voters in critical industrial states without alienating our base.

Teamed with Booker, or Harris or another VP who emerges from the pack, I believe we'd have a winning formula.

2020 is a must-win election. I'd be ecstatic to see Joe Biden as the nominee.

[leftstreet]

9. I don't believe Trump is worried about Biden for a second n/t

[Tavarious Jackson]

11. MIDTERMS!!

FOCUS

[BlueStater]

12. I'll pass on the nearly 80-year-old white men, thanks.

Biden, Sanders, Kerry, Bloomberg, and all the other geriatric candidates can get lost.

[Celerity]

14. I tend to agree.

I am a very late millennial. My social set (16yo to 26yo or so) talks politics all the time, both in person here in SoCal and online. Biden inspires very little enthusiasm. Warren is the only one of the older candidates who some say they would support, especially her stance on student loans and free or ultra low cost tuition. That is also a big issue that hurts Biden with my age cohort and the ones right before us (even moreso).

Speaking in general, not Presidential-specific terms the names, I consistently hear the most mentioned positively are (no order and pretty diverse) Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (obviously not for President as too young to even be eligible until 2024), Beto O'Rourke (so wish he would beat Cruz, but doesnt look so good atm), Tulsi Gabbard, Ted Lieu (my Rep. in the House), Julian Castro, Pramila Jayapal, Ammar Campa-Najjar, Nomiki Konst, and the one outlier, Sanders.

Don't expect all here to agree or even like all or some of those names, but those are definitely the ones most positively spoken about in my groups. Again, that just Democrats in general, not just 2020 POTUS candidates. I am sure I have left some out too.