The Democrats should be scared. In spite of alienating a large percentage of his own party (the only explanation of Trump’s negative tailcoats – the rest of the ticket did better than he did), Trump got a tremendous number of popular votes that Obama ever got, and missed winning by a tiny margin. If a Republican can keep Trump’s base (working class non-African Americans) while not alienatating the traditional Republican base (middle class, pro-business but not necessarily affluent), the Republicans will be able to trounce the Democrats nationally. Having alienating its traditional working class base, the Democrats are left with the limousine liberals and relying on “identity politics” to get Blacks, Hispanics and Asians to vote Democratic even though they would be better off under the Republicans.
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