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Question for Democrats concerning strategy

Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:30 pm
Posted by Strannix
District 11
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:30 pm
Why did the party go all in on fringe groups and minorities at the expense of their northern Midwest working class base. I mean the blacks, gays, illegal immigrants, Moslems, transsexuals, environmental whackos etc. are going to vote dem 99% of the time no matter what. Why would you court these groups when there was zero reason to.
This post was edited on 2/28/17 at 8:36 pm
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
35532 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:33 pm to
I'm not sure how many DNC strategists will respond but I would also like to know.
Posted by Jon Ham
Member since Jun 2011
28630 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:37 pm to
Obama was able to appeal to middle America. Hillary was just a terrible politician.
Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
11222 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:41 pm to
They mistook obama's popularity as approval of his liberal policies, instead of realizing he got elected by being a likable charismatic black guy. (The exact opposite of hillary.)


And then he appointed far left nut jobs to just about every position he could,and that sped up the direction the dems were already heading.
This post was edited on 2/28/17 at 8:44 pm
Posted by mwade91383
Washington DC
Member since Mar 2010
5657 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:29 pm to
Because they thought they could run up the score. Wanted to make it a blowout. Made assumptions about votes they didn't have.
Posted by ForeLSU
The Corner of Sanity and Madness
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:03 pm to
quote:

Why did the party go all in on fringe groups and minorities at the expense of their northern Midwest working class base. I mean the blacks, gays, illegal immigrants, Moslems, transsexuals, environmental whackos etc. are going to vote dem 99% of the time no matter what.


Labor is typically been a reliable base from a turnout standpoint and the knew this election would come down to a very small percentage of voters, so they had to focus on those that typically don't turn out as well. Basically the same reason Trump didn't steer too far away from right fringe elements. It was a complete miss from a data research perspective.

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