Nate Cohn

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Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

The assumption, again, was that Obama was the worst case. He was at a multi-decadal low among white voters, and it was obvious why: he was black, elite, liberal. He struggled back to the '08 primaries against Clinton, their next nom. Virtually every D Sen cand ran ahead of him — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 1, 2021

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Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

For Dems, the implication was that they didn't need to think about white voters and especially white working class votes anymore. They could more-or-less win without them--or at least without trying to win them. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 1, 2021

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If so, then the thing Democrats needed to focus on was mobilizing the so-called Obama coalition: young, Black, Latino voters. That was the part that was plausibly unique to Obama, that was the party that distinguished Obama from Kerry. And that the party couldn't count on. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 1, 2021