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Look, I used to argue the same way.
I didn& #39;t want suburban crossover voters because they would have Romney-style politics, and I wanted Obama-Trump voters back because they would support kitchen-table socialism.
I WAS WRONG, and I& #39;m big enough to admit it. 2018 proved it. /1
I didn& #39;t want suburban crossover voters because they would have Romney-style politics, and I wanted Obama-Trump voters back because they would support kitchen-table socialism.
I WAS WRONG, and I& #39;m big enough to admit it. 2018 proved it. /1
The reality is 1) suburban crossover voters aren& #39;t actually as conservative as all that; but more importantly 2) Obama-Trump voters really are racist as heck, even more sexist than racist, and if they were ever open to socialist solutions it& #39;s only if it comes to THEM. /2
Even our best progressive data shows 3/4 of the Obama-Trump voters staying Trump even if we nominate Sanders. The other 1/4 already came back to us in 2018 for a bunch of congressional mod candidates.
The Rogan voter either doesn& #39;t vote, or will vote on man-bro cultural stuff./3
The Rogan voter either doesn& #39;t vote, or will vote on man-bro cultural stuff./3
A lot of demsocs hate the idea of Biden beating Trump with mass turnout from Romney-Clinton suburbanites because they think it will destroy the left for a generation.
It actually won& #39;t do that. We can still do AOC-style primaries. 2024/2028 is still around the corner. /4
It actually won& #39;t do that. We can still do AOC-style primaries. 2024/2028 is still around the corner. /4
But yeah, if you think you can reverse this realignment? You can& #39;t! The whole "working class revolution by flipping non-college white men against their corporate masters" WILL NOT HAPPEN. Give up on it.
Much easier to convince the Biden coalition to support Medicare for All./5
Much easier to convince the Biden coalition to support Medicare for All./5
But that would mean changing the whole stylistic and cultural approach.
Almost every progressive insurgency from Dean to Sanders obsessed over "why can& #39;t the Dem Party talk to white guys with trucks anymore?"
I& #39;m so over it. Stop trying. They either join or they don& #39;t. /6
Almost every progressive insurgency from Dean to Sanders obsessed over "why can& #39;t the Dem Party talk to white guys with trucks anymore?"
I& #39;m so over it. Stop trying. They either join or they don& #39;t. /6
The left will be *just fine* if a massive swing of suburban Romney-Clinton voters put Biden in over Trump by 6 points.
It& #39;s much, much easier to convince a Romney-Clinton voter to support a big Green New Deal that helps communities of color than a Joe Rogan voter. Embrace it. /7
It& #39;s much, much easier to convince a Romney-Clinton voter to support a big Green New Deal that helps communities of color than a Joe Rogan voter. Embrace it. /7
The movement of less educated, less urban whites away from the Democratic Party will not be reversed in a generation. It& #39;s immutable. But two generations of socdem/demsocs can convince their mod parents of the need for more dramatic changes, if we approach it right. /8
