JimH52
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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/clinton-and-trump-are-shuffling-the-electoral-map/502748/
Democrats universally recognize the importance of maintaining a presidential foothold in the Rustbeltââparticularly in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. But as the party continues to struggle with working-class whitesââand Republicans in turn struggle to craft an agenda acceptable to more minorities and socially-liberal whitesââincreasingly Democratic strategists believe Clintonâs tilt toward the Sunbelt represents their partyâs future.
Both parties agree that the steadily growing minority population may eventually add fast-growing Arizona and Georgia to the list of competitive Sunbelt statesââthough it does not yet appear Clinton is attracting quite enough college-educated whites to tip either of them in 2016.
âAs the battleground states that are important mirror the American population, you are going to see Democrats do better than they have historically,â Stewart said. âShe is outperforming Obama right now in North Carolina, Florida and Virginia. I never would have said in those three Sunbelt states that she would be outperforming us.â
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Comrade Trump has set the GOP back a decade, at least. Their outreach to non-whites is now going to have to start over.
Democrats universally recognize the importance of maintaining a presidential foothold in the Rustbeltââparticularly in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. But as the party continues to struggle with working-class whitesââand Republicans in turn struggle to craft an agenda acceptable to more minorities and socially-liberal whitesââincreasingly Democratic strategists believe Clintonâs tilt toward the Sunbelt represents their partyâs future.
Both parties agree that the steadily growing minority population may eventually add fast-growing Arizona and Georgia to the list of competitive Sunbelt statesââthough it does not yet appear Clinton is attracting quite enough college-educated whites to tip either of them in 2016.
âAs the battleground states that are important mirror the American population, you are going to see Democrats do better than they have historically,â Stewart said. âShe is outperforming Obama right now in North Carolina, Florida and Virginia. I never would have said in those three Sunbelt states that she would be outperforming us.â
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Comrade Trump has set the GOP back a decade, at least. Their outreach to non-whites is now going to have to start over.