however, that coalition holds a disproportionately--some would say unfairly--small portion of political power in the US.
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so ultimately, her recognition of racism and sexism may have turned off more VALUABLE voters, but you could imagine...
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a scenario where the same candidate, without the trust issues, could have won more turnout from young minority voters
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using the ID Politics language, but also not lost as much support among midwestern whites.
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No, people don't like to be called racist and sexist and bigoted. But people experience bigotry are harmed by it.
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So, as I said above, Dems MUST find a way to speak as though everybody is in the room, and validate the experiences...
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of POC, feminists, queer folks, while ALSO not alienating white voters who don't see themselves as perpetrators of evil.
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but you gotta do both. If you do one and not the other, either you lose your base and your turnout is shitty...
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or you lose the swing voters in the Midwest which hurts you more in the electoral college.
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At the end of the day, it's a balancing act, and Dems aren't going to do it perfectly at first. Not everyone is Obama.
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Or Bill Clinton for that matter. It's an unwieldy coalition, and it must be spoken to with that understanding.
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