There’s a theory on The_Donald that this also bears on winning rust belt states in 2018. Here’s the blurb. There’s a more detailed explanation at the link.
‘4D CHESS: Democrats desperately want to pivot to economic issues, but Trump is forcing them to get bogged down with social justice issues. Brilliant.’
Language alert:
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/6poqs9/4d_chess_democrats_desperately_want_to_pivot_to/
Thanks for the language warning, but that thread was hilarious!