One other point: one of the more superficial media narratives over the weekend has been the one about "African Americans aren't turning out to vote like they did in 2012", and how Clinton should be worried about this.
And it's true: African American turnout in early voting is down.... in North Carolina. It's steady, or up, everywhere else, including in Florida--where early voting by African Americans was over 717,000, compared to 539,000 in 2012.
Combined with record Latino turnout, my guess is that when the dust settles the electorate will be somewhat less white than it was in 2012, which would be in keeping with demographic trends.
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