2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: White Lives Electorally Matter!!! [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)If you are an average white male worker in this country, working paycheck to paycheck, worried about the economy and losing his job someday....how do you relate to Hillary Clinton?
Don't make the mistake of assuming that all of Obama's voters will automatically go to Hillary now, or go to her with the same enthusiasm. Politics doesn't work that way. Obama was very likable, even among white, working class voters in the north. His support held firm in the northern, industrial swing states in 2012. The increase in whites voting for Romney happened mainly in the south.
Hillary on the other hand is a highly disliked candidate whose negatives are as high as Trump. Remember, Democrats have had their asses kicked every election that Obama isn't on the ballot.