After the 2016 election, when Hillary Clinton lost White voters by 15 points, it seemed as if Democrats might need to accept their losses and rely more on minority voters for their next majority. But the opposite has happened. In recent polls, Joe Biden has held President Trump to a single-digit margin with White voters, even managing to beat Trump with Whites in one CNN poll. At the same time, Biden has been underperforming Clinton with Black and Latino voters, causing some to worry that the party’s base is eroding.
Fortunately for Democrats, Biden’s numbers with non-White voters aren’t as bad as some have suggested. A quick look under the hood shows that Trump is mostly fiddling with the edges of his coalition, while Biden appears to be putting together a workable majority. CONT.
David Byler, Washington Post
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