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Originally Posted by rubecube
They've gone all-in on the assumption that their millenials and gen Z voters care more about "identity politics" than they do climate change, wealth disparity, health care, education, etc., and they're completely wrong.
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This is also why I'm not really on board with the comparison to Corbyn's labour party, which bet on precisely the same horse and reaped the inevitable results.
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Trump won Ohio by more than Obama or Bush or B. Clinton ever did. The rust belt strategy seems likely to fail since flipping Ohio looks pretty difficult. The Florida + Pennsylvania and/or Michigan path seems far more realistic.
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This is why I still think that if the Dems were going to go the centrist electoral math route, they should have gone all in on Sherrod Brown. But apparently they figured Biden was that guy (which, you know, seemed fair enough at the time - he certainly wins you back Pennsylvania and probably appeals to the working class Michigan / Wisconsin democrats).