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  • Clinton struggles to make Obama's coalition her own

    09/23/2016 9:49:11 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 17 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Sep 23, 2016 4:29 PM EDT | Kathleen Hennessey and Lisa Lerer
    Hillary Clinton long planned to activate the vaunted Obama coalition to help carry her to the White House. But a rough month on the trail has exposed a big challenge — the Obama coalition belongs to Barack Obama. Clinton’s struggle to win over Obama’s supporters — most notably young voters — has served as a reminder that many of them are more loyal to him than to his Democratic Party. Republican Donald Trump’s recent rise in the polls helps demonstrate that Obama’s two victories were more about one man in the right moment than any political realignment. Rather than showing...
  • AP-GfK Poll: Minorities, young Americans still backing Obama

    07/17/2015 11:27:38 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 19 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Jul 17, 2015 9:11 AM EDT | Josh Lederman and Emily Swanson
    Even as the public remains closely divided about his presidency, Barack Obama is holding on to his support from the so-called “Obama coalition” of minorities, liberals and young Americans, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows, creating an incentive for the next Democratic presidential nominee to stick with him and his policies.Hillary Rodham Clinton, by comparison, is viewed somewhat less favorably by the key voting groups whose record-setting turnout in 2008 propelled Obama to the White House and will be crucial to her own success. Roughly two-thirds of Hispanics view Obama favorably, compared to just over half of Hispanics who say the...