And let’s be real: we’re talking white college women here. College has virtually zero impact on the voting behavior of POC: they vote Dem no matter how educated or uneducated they are. Funny how that works.
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Similar argument but more extreme: “The GOP have lost Bill Kristol & Jennifer Rubin. In exchange they’ve picked up millions of working class Reagan Dems/union voters in the Rust Belt. Was the trade really worth it?” The obv answer is yes. Same vis-a-vis college women here.
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This college women arg reminds me of Hispanic outreach/compassionate conservatism under Bush. “Hispanics are future of America so best get on their good side.” What did McCain/Romney do to screw this up? Did they call them rapists? Cause after Bush they bolted to Dems.
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My point being: politics is trade-offs, coalition building, winning where you can get most bang for your buck. Instead of coloring inside the lines of the 2012 autopsy, Trump went Coulter/Sailer strategy & won w/ it. It was the only way to win. Paradigm shift/realignment ongoing.
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How many easily recruitable young white men (witness the 23 point shift among that demo in last 2 years) do you lose trying to play footsie w/ strong independent college female? That’s the calculus. Is the gain worth the loss? Trump will decide (I say it isn’t werf it tbh).
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It certainly wasn’t worth it among Hispanics. Trump said all the right things to get white men out in large numbers, was deebly insulting to Hispanics (rapists, Wall) & still got better numbers than Romney who played nice w/ them (remember the fake tan?) Lesson there I think.
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