Everyone knows that Barack Obama can put together a winning coalition in a national presidential election. He did it — twice.
What’s less clear is whether the Democratic Party and its 2016 presidential nominee will be able to build a coalition that resembles the winning one Obama built in 2008 and masterfully re-created four years later.
New data from the Census Bureau help answer that question, shining a light on two of the pillars of the Obama electoral foundation: African Americans and young people. [cont.]
Chris Cillizza, Washington Post