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Biden should be thrilled about this poll when considering his prospects of winning the nomination. He should be concerned about this poll when considering his prospects for winning the presidency. He is still losing young Black swing voters to Sanders. 1/
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If the 2016 election is any guide, to defeat Trump, Biden will need the support of the youngest of Black voters, who are most likely to swing between voting Democrat and not voting, who I call the #OtherSwingVoters. These are the Black voters HRC lost. 2/
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Biden support grows as Blacks age and declines as Blacks get younger. So Biden’s support grows w/ Blacks most likely to vote (Democrat) no matter the candidate and declines w/ Blacks who must like the candidate to overcome voter suppression and depression to vote (Democrat). 3/
Americans think of the “swing voter” as older whites swinging between voting GOP + Dem. I’m writing a series of essays recognizing the #otherswingvoter: people of color + young people swinging between voting Dem + not voting—and swinging elections, too. 1/
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If they want to defeat Trump, Democrats should be nominating candidates that can attract these #otherswingvoters, too, not just treating young people and people of color as political cattle that need to be "turned out" for candidates they don't really like. 2/
But recognizing the #otherswingvoter is about more than defeating Trump. “To recognize the other swing voter is to decenter the white moderate in the body politic—where she and especially he has been positioned since the founding of the United States.” My latest @TheAtlantic.
