Sure, but that’s kind of the point: despite what the NYT wants you to believe, the Midwest isn’t just a bunch of olds sitting in diners.
Freedon? Who’s don?
lmao
If any of us ever becomes famous Ashley Feinberg is definitely identifying us.
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The Midwest is the land of half measures. They like their tea weak and their Mayors Pete.
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Obama was a predictable Midwestern guy (in retrospect): he’s extremely nice, but measured to the nines.
holy shit
We are getting sucked in on GOP talking points. Hillary beat Trump by 10 points on those earning less than 50k. He did not win the working class or the poor.
You cut that by race and you get a different story, but that is actually a different story to tell.
I didn’t quite get this at the time you posted it, but I agree.
I’m susceptible to it, I think we all are. More self-serving action away from all the altruistic talk.
So definite points won, in that after making theoretical gains, minorities aren’t necessarily any more likely than anyone else to become activist or continue activism.
I think I’m missing your point here.
Winning 53-41 among the sub-50k crowd is absolutely HORRIBLE.
Democrats should be straight up crushing in that demographic.
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why wouldn’t R’s win with HS dropouts?
https://twitter.com/mmurraypolitics/status/1208029304174632960
well bit of an eyeroll that 13% of trump enthusiastic voters are still “up for grabs” but you guys would be rightfully concerned with the biden number and ye mother of god.jpg at teh warren one in the far … right… column
I don’t buy the “win the middle” or “flip the Trump voter” angles. Most guaranteed voters have made up their mind on Trump or not Trump. Dems need to focus on inspiring people to miss work, skip class, or just get off their ass and vote. HRC said she could win without those people, and Biden/Pete are going down that same lane again. Give the working class someone worth going to the polls for.
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nobody does really, but there’s no D candidate that can get people out to vote anywhere near “vote against the bad orange man”
Okay yes. That’s true. We may be splitting hairs. I’ve heard people say that the Dems are “losing” the working classes… which is often just racial code
This feels like bait
https://mobile.twitter.com/janemarielynch/status/1208122516302110721
https://mobile.twitter.com/BethLynch2020/status/1208142720419684355
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My point was that the only reason a sizable % of minorities vote Democrat is because the guys in hoods with the burning crosses are on the other side. You remove the racism factor (and you really have to remove it totally… which would take a lot of doing, and is probably impossible for the GOP now) and a bunch of black voters realign to the GOP because they are actually a much better ideological match for them.
At the same time you remove the racism factor and a bunch of poor white racists who are actually pretty liberal in other ways (they want the government to give them more stuff most likely) probably swing Democrat.
This is the heart of winning elections IMO. It’s about figuring out which message will get the most people motivated enough to turn out for you. I think the current political meta is to pander aggressively to the old people because they always vote… and I think that’s breaking the country.
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Mr. Hall, 69, made much of his fortune in the real estate industry and said he started a business at 18 with $4,000 from his savings account.
Self-made billionaire bootstraps with… *checks inflation calculator" $30,000 in the bank at 18.
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