It implies---contrary to plain numerical fact---that the current Democratic party coalition, centering as it does on disproportionate support from historically oppressed groups---has been essentially captured by minority groups.
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The interests and power of this majority coalition of underprivileged + allies are as legitimate as those of the white voters y'all say Democrats must chase in order to achieve governing power.
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(meanwhile, if it was actually one man one vote in this country---and it's not at all, we balance interests according to geography---Dems would be able to govern just fine.)
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So before you go off sprinting towards whatever white voters will have you (the Panera Bread voters, the pro-life voters, the working class voters, the noncollege voters, etc., etc.)
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(I include the pure anti-Trump voters in this as well, btw. We happen to have them now but when the next Mitt Romney comes around who wants to fuck the poor gently and with kind words, are they Republicans?)
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What assurances are you going to offer the current, ENTIRELY LEGITIMATE, core of the party that we won't be left behind and forgotten again? We're easy to forget. The whole society is set up to encourage you to forget us. Are you even aware of that?
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What proof will you give your current non-governing majority that you're still with us before you go galloping off to acquire the supermajority our disastrous system requires Democrats to have in order to actually govern?
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I see a lot of plans to generate a winning Democratic coalition. That's important and wonderful! I don't see a lot of plans to do so while still respecting the existing *actually-a-majority-but-not-a-governing-one* coalition.
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