There has been a lot of discussion as of late on whether the Democratic Party should moderate its position, and whether that moderation should be economic or cultural. I think this recent new study of the Trump 2024 coalition by More In Common suggests that each approach would erode different parts of the coalition The "Mainline Republicans" and "Reluctant Right" seem to care more about economics than culture, and the "Anti-Woke Conservatives" care more about culture than economic. Hopefully this can inform future discussions about policy tradeoffs.
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I read the whole report (not in 5 minutes, it was posted before), and it kind of just confirmed the general vibes – the Trump coalition was broad in 2024, and there’s a subsection not even worth trying to reach. Ie, if someone thinks God saved DJT, why try to even reach them. The antiwoke subsection is well educated and also not worth trying to reach because they have entrenched their beliefs.
The reluctant right is probably just the classic swing voter who will be the “reluctant” (right or left) for all elections.
Regardless, I don’t think we need to pull voters from Trump but inspire voters. 81 million voters voted for Biden. Trump only gained like 2.5 m more voters in 2024 while democrats shed almost 5 million (these numbers point to how unpopular Trump is btw, even with democratic approval at an all time low, he only won by around 1 million voters whereas Biden won by 7 million).
I look forward to their Kamala report because I feel like even as an informed voter, I couldn’t tell you who Kamala was/is. A perfect storm hit – high inflation (not solely caused by policy), racism, sexism, and a lack of a clear vision.