.. In numerous polls, Democratic primary voters have indicated that they are most concerned about picking a candidate who can defeat President Trump next year.
So far, that’s bolstered the candidacy of former vice president Joe Biden, who is leading in the polls and is generally considered the most electable Democrat. That’s probably a function of Biden being seen as appealing to the sort of working-class white voters who have been credited for Trump’s 2016 election.
There’s some debate, though, about whether Democrats can win by instead boosting turnout from voters who stayed home in 2016. Can Democrats win, in other words, simply by energizing Democratic voters?
Earlier this week, NPR, PBS NewsHour and Marist released a new poll which evaluated one aspect of that latter question: What candidate demographic characteristics are voters most enthusiastic about? Is it someone like Biden, an older white man? Or can a woman — like Pelosi, in Klobuchar’s formulation — energize voters and beat Trump? CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post