2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton not counting on white men
Hillary Clintons campaign feels confident it can win the White House even if it doesnt put a bigger dent in Donald Trumps core support of white, blue-collar men.
Democrats believe their convention and subsequent two weeks have lifted Clintons support among several demographics that were part of President Obamas successful coalition of black, Hispanic and young voters.
We're in even better shape than we were before the convention with every Obama coalition demographic, said one Clinton surrogate. The proof is in the poll numbers.
An NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll out last week showed that only one percent of black voters support Trump and revealed that Clinton had a significant lead with non-white voters (69-17 percent), millennials (46-34 percent) and white voters with a college degree (47-40 percent). The only demographic where Trump still holds an edge is with white working class voters who don't have a college degree.
Team Clinton is hardly ceding that group to the GOP nominee.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/291524-clinton-not-counting-on-white-men
Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)We suck.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)The only demographic where Trump still holds an edge is with white working class voters who don't have a college degree.
Can't believe this demo is pro trump but the count is only men?
Maybe I am wrong...anyway it's not all
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)spooky3
(34,458 posts)There is no mention of women voters as a key constituency with whom she is doing well. Yes, we know that white working class women without degrees aren't strongly in her camp. But women in general are, and they are a large group.