After 2016 loss, Democrats know they need white male voters

[left-of-center2012]

https://apnews.com/79fefc13c5a54b089da12c7007e98ac8

The Democrats’ 2020 presidential primary may feature a historically diverse field of women and minorities, but in some ways it is testing how the party appeals to white men. Many Democratic politicians went into the last presidential campaign cycle taking little account of those voters, and banked on a coalition of women and minorities to carry them to victory. Trump’s victory proved that thinking wrong. Many in the party are determined now not to make the mistake again.

“The white male vote is indispensable, it’s a part of any winning coalition,” said Democratic pollster Ronald Lester, who worked for Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016. He noted that successful national Democrats perform well with white men, and that includes Barack Obama, whose strength among white men in the Rust Belt helped fuel his White House victories in 2008 and 2012.

White men make up typically make up about one-third of the electorate. In 2018, 41 percent of them voted for Democrats, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of the national electorate. While Democrats’ strength among women won headlines and was often credited with Democrats’ strong showing, white men also moved to the Democrats column. “The revolt in these suburban districts wasn’t just about white women, it was also about white men,” said Anna Greenberg, a Democratic pollster. “Just as there’s been a movement of white, college-educated women, there’s been a movement of white college-educated men (to the Democrats).”

“The current coalition — urban, suburban women and these college-educated males — will likely put Pennsylvania back in the Democratic column,” said Mike Mikus, a veteran Democratic strategist who lives in the affluent suburbs of the 37th state Senate district.

[Beartracks]

1. Diversity *does* still include white males.

Good to know more of them are realizing diversity doesn't actually exclude them.

Would also be good if Democrats as a whole reach the same conclusion.


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[WeekiWater]

3. Clinton had by far the best plans for white working class voters.

Voters who now understand they voted foolishly and many are paying a heavy price for it.

I truly thought the faulty argument in the op had died. There was more to it than presented.

This is what you call white males panicking after looking at Clinton’s numbers. It’s pretty clear other groups are playing a larger role. Diversity scares the shit out of many of them.

[JI7]

4. most straight xtian white men seem to just want others like them

[msongs]

5. and most people of any sort want more like themsleves nt

[JI7]

6. no, you won't set most non white xtian males supporting a female or minority

version of Trump.

[Celerity]

7. Sarah Palin, Marsha Blackburn, Cindy Hyde-Smith and if they ran for office, Laura Ingraham,

Jeanine Pirro, Ane Coulter, and Kellyanne Conway. Daddy's babygirl Ivanka too.