Posted on 06/29/2018 1:29:37 PM PDT by simpson96
Hillary Clinton did a "miserable" job of reaching out to white evangelical voters in the 2016 presidential election, so the next Democratic nominee needs to "be better" in 2020, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton said recently.
Matthew Bennett, founder of the Third Way think tank that sees itself as a champion of "modern center-left ideas," shared his views in Washington last weekend at the Michael Cromartie Forum, hosted by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Christian Post reported.
Exit polls indicated that Hillary Clinton captured just 16 percent of the white evangelical vote in 2016, compared to Barack Obama's 21 percent in 2012 and 24 percent in 2008, the report noted.
In Bennett's view, Democrats erred in trying to craft different messages for different constituencies, rather than "craft a narrative that can be broadly useful" with all voters.
"When I worked for Bill Clinton," Bennett said, "he would say everywhere, 'If you work hard and play by the rules, you should get a fair shake.' He would say that every single place he went, no matter what he was doing.
"Hillary said a different thing in every place she went and she was nuanced and she was sophisticated and it was a disaster."
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It would be troubling if that figure was even one percent.
“Ex-Clinton adviser blasts Hillary’s ‘miserable’ outreach to evangelicals”
I disagree. My posts on this site show that I was a Ted Cruz supporter AFTER Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship.
Hillary Clinton did such a great job communicating to me that by the time of the Wyoming primary I was a Trump supporter and that’s who got my vote.
Can’t even believe one would affiliate with the Party of abortion and get God out of our schools .... look at what that has reaped !
Hillary only reaches out for MONEY
“craft a narrative that can be broadly useful”
Brilliant. How about honestly articulating your political positions, to allow voters to make an informed choice of who will represent them?
She lost because she is not likable. Who wanted to have to hear that voice for 8 years? Just one reason of 100 not to vote for her.
Most Christians won’t vote for Spirit Cookers.
Most Christians can see through the fraud and lies oozing from this adrenochrome connoisseur.
16 percent? That’s seems quite large to me. What the hell were they smoking? Or are we defining Evangelicals down?
She had me at “deplorables”
I guess she ain’t nowhere’s tiar’d .....
Western evangelicals would definitely vote for her. New Mexico, Arizona, California, Washington. Trust me the rot goes ever deeper.
How can a party who publicly disavowed God at its national convention get even ONE vote from an evangelical?
How can a candidate who made a speech to Planned Parenthood saying that people have to be forced (”reeducated” or something like that) to agree abortion is good (and by extension, the whole homosexual agenda), get even ONE vote from an evangelical?
“Hillary Clinton did a “miserable” job of reaching out to white evangelical voters in the 2016 presidential election”
Hard to do when you are an old liquor soggy, pro-abort, lesbo, neopagan coke-whore who makes trips to child molester island and hangs out with spirit cooking perverts like Podesta, and Comet ping pong pizza with kids screaming in the basement.
That’s why i think her outreach would have been hard.
And Hillary drooling at christina aguilera’s boobs was also not a good look if she wants the evangelical vote.
Let’s get something straight about obama capturing more of the Evangelical vote than hillary. obama painted himself as a devote Christian. Basically, he lied. There were more middle eastern Christians that were butchered during the obama years than any previous president. He instructed the IRS to go after 501c businesses, some of whom were Christian based, to put them out of business. hillary simply hates the Evangelical community and ignored it.
Third Way—Matt Bennett
“Dukakis in a tank”
Director of Communications for Wesley Clark’s presidential campaign in 2004.
Mary Jacoby was the press secretary—Muh Russians.
Fusion GPS
Government employees.
“Ex-Clinton adviser blasts Hillary’s ‘miserable’ outreach to evangelicals”
waste of time, energy and money ... so i say: Dems GO FOR IT!
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