As a black loyal Democrat, I say SCREW the white working class who insist on voting Republican

[MadDAsHell]

158. We don't have to drag in white racists, but Trumpt got something like 30% of Hispanic votes.

Think about that. After all that rigamarole about the wall, calling them rapists, etc., Clinton still couldn't capitalize in Hispanic communities; the guy got freaking more of the Hispanic vote than Romney did.

After Trump's campaign was accused of being basically all about white nationalism, Clinton still couldn't capitalize in African-American communities; the guy got freaking more of the African-American vote than Romney did.

This is really a pointless argument because most DUers have already made it clear they're perfectly fine continuing to lose if that means they don't have to change anything, but if it was up to me, this is where I would start. Our strategy for the Hispanic vote clearly was about identity politics, assuming no Hispanic would vote for Trump because of his comments.

But 30% did, so there were clearly issues that they cared about more than offensive comments. Let's also not forget that there are alot of naturalized Hispanics who amazingly don't have dissimilar beliefs to Trump when it comes to Hispanics who have entered the country illegally. To assume that someone who "waited their turn," if you will, is going to automatically have a ton of sympathy to someone who "jumped the fence," was a fallacy on our part, IMHO.