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Showing Contempt for Young Voters Is a Great Way for Democrats to Lose in November (www.thenation.com)

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago (16 children)

Who will replace the young people that Clinton regards as dunces? In 2016, the pitch was made to suburban Republicans of the Never Trump persuasion. In 2024, this has been recast as the Biden campaign’s attempts to appeal to Nikki Haley Republicans. This strategy only makes sense as a response to Biden’s loss of support among young people and nonwhite voters.

Clintonian triangulation failed in 2016, and it will fail again in 2024. You simply can’t win as a Democratic presidential candidate by giving the back of your hand to large parts of your own coalition. Joe Biden understood that in 2020—but tragically seems to be suffering from memory loss in 2024.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago (13 children)

That's just a spot on analysis.

There are no Republicans that will vote for Joe Biden.

There are voters who will vote Joe Biden if he moves to go get them.

This isn't complicated.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This has been a constant issue with Democrats. For some reason they want to cater to right leaning (white) America instead of courting groups that legit win them elections in the first place (young, Latino, and black).

It's how Obama and Biden won in the first place

[–] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

I assume because the youth aren't lining their pockets

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