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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dems need to realize that you need to connect to working class voters of all races to win a general election. Wonky urbanites with graduate degrees and UMC suburban moms only make up a small fraction of the population. That Bill Maher New Rules segment about it it not being about artisan but Art and Stan was very instructive, but Dems won’t listen and will obsess over courting Twitter likes over winning by focusing on meat and potatoes issues in a tone that builds a bigger tent and doesn’t exclude 70 percent of the country.

Case in point is how they treated Tulsi. A party that cared about winning national elections and not virtue signaling to a shrinking, increasingly bourgeoisie and elitist base would protect and build up a woman candidate with Tusli’s military background and working class appeal.[/quote]

Not only are these solidly Democratic groups you mention a small %-age of the population, they are painfully concentrated in a few enclaves. While the Democrats whine about the electoral college, they should instead be trading some of their overwhelming majorities in these enclaves for substantial votes elsewhere. That this never occurs to them says volumes about what the Democrats are actually about.
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You can't appeal to rural Americans without giving up on people of color. [/quote]

Trump managed to expand his support among "people of color" while winning rural America.

In other words, what you claim is a fallacy. And one that will cripple the Democrats in the next elections as nonwhites continue to flock to the Republicans. But I suppose they don't count as real "people of color." [/quote]

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It’s hilarious (but utterly predictable)  that a poster thinks there’s just a rural vs POC divide at play. Most rural and POC voters share working class status and many have family members in the military. Faith is another commonality. Perhaps most importantly, both rural and POC voters are likely quite alienated from the high-income professionals that are so clearly the most important Democratic constituency and the most closely identified with the Democrats’ enclaves.[/quote]

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