Posted on 09/21/2019 11:45:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Democrats are having a wonkish but important debate right now as they pick their next standard-bearer:
Should they try to persuade voters who supported President Barack Obama for two terms and then left them in 2016?
Or should they mobilize the tens of millions of Americans who stayed home in 2016 and would seem to have a natural home in the Democratic Party in 2020, including people of color and single women?
The debate tends to track along ideological lines. Progressives pushing socialized medical insurance are ready to forgo any attempt to win back Trump voters. Doing so allows them to claim that there's no electoral advantage to moderation. They think a robust progressive agenda will bring out Democrats who stayed home in 2016.
Moderates believe their policies can win back these Obama-Trump voters, who are usually whites without college degrees — many of them in the crucial "blue wall" states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, but let's also throw in Minnesota.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
True. But we need to offer a health care improvement or democrats will beat us up with the issue and COULD usher in commieCare...
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