… For Democrats, nonvoters have long been a source of hope. They are disproportionately young, nonwhite and low-income, demographics that favor the party. In this year’s Democratic primary, turning nonvoters into voters would seem to offer a path to victory for candidates who might seek to win the general election without persuading the moderate swing voters coveted by their party’s establishment.
There may be places in the country where this is true. But in the battleground states likeliest to decide the presidency, nonvoters aren’t overwhelmingly favorable to Democrats, according to an analysis of 623 registered voters who live in battleground states and stayed home in both 2016 and 2018. CONT.
Nate Cohn, New York Times