Not long after a presidential election, conventional wisdom sets in on how the losing party can win four years later. …
One school of thought is for Democrats to win back the white, working-class voters that defected from Barack Obama/Bill Clinton to Trump in 2016. The other school, pushed by many on the left like Steve Phillips of the Center for American Progress, holds that Democrats lost in 2016 because they “prioritiz[ed] the pursuit of wavering whites over investing in and inspiring African-American voters, who made up 24 percent of Barack Obama’s winning coalition in 2012.” In other words, Democrats need to spend less time trying to woo white, working class voters and more time inspiring non-white millennials.
Meanwhile, the president continues to snub his nose at the advice to expand his base with an appeal to younger and non-white voters. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report