2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: White Lives Electorally Matter!!! [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)The polls have been showing for a while that the Democrats are losing white, male voters. And it's not rich, white male voters. It's working class white male voters. These are whites who live paycheck to paycheck and put in a hard days work every day. They are not racist. Most of them voted for Obama in 2008. But now they a Democratic party that is increasingly vilifying them and completely ignoring their issues and concerns.
Those whites are leaving the party. And that could be a problem for Democrats in the northern, industrial states, especially Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, etc. If Hillary struggles in these states....we got a problem. There is already concern that union workers may actually be more attracted to Trump as he will likely go to a very populist message towards the middle class in the general election.
Seriously...if you are an average white male worker in this country worried about the economy and losing his job someday....how do you relate to Hillary Clinton?