haxxiy said:
The vote gap has always been there (43-54 vs. 54-44 for men and women respectively in Bush vs. Gore, for instance). The thing is, like I said in another post, losing ground with Hispanics and Blacks + non-college-educated White voters = electoral college destruction. Swapping them for (very minute, looks like) gains in suburbs can't make up for it. |
Democrats trying to court black people and Hispanics is a mistake. A majority of both peoples are deeply conservative but only vote Democrat because they know the Republicans are racist. If the Democrats try to actually help them it is seen as affirmative action style racism by white people. If they don't help them then they don't bother voting. And even if you successfully help them they just vote Republican the moment they make it up the social ladder.
Also illegal immigrants can't vote and trying to help them doesn't get you net votes.
Trans people represent half a percentage of the USA population. Not going to get any net votes there either.
Trans fearmongering and immigrant fear mongering make for fantastically effective ads for Republicans. Same goes for Defunding the police. These issues are all poison pills that the Democratic party happily swallows.
You can be righteous or you can win. Democrats need to learn how to win. Or else this country is finished.
