Democrats: Want to win future elections?

[Chasstev365]

Start reaching out to and cultivating the young Hispanic vote. This the fastest growing demographic in the country and Donald Trump's racism will be a huge motivation to vote against Republicans in 2018!

[RKP5637]

1. Excellent point. IMO the democratic party needs to toss the old tools and cultivate new ones such as

this!

[kcdoug1]

3. YES

time for a completely NEW direction

[Achilleaze]

2. K & R

[Thinkingabout]

4. Good idea, lots of low hanging fruits and easy pickings, we need to bring a good group into the fold

[Lucky Luciano]

5. Let's not consider anyone easy pickings.

That's how people feel taken for granted.

[Maraya1969]

6. Also, educate people what congress people and senators do in Washinton

They try to play to their base but I think their base doesn't even know what they vote for. Case in point. Trumpcare. And taxes for billionaires.

A politician can say he will fight for his constituents but they really just tow the line. I think advertising should be based more on what they do on a National level.

[Chipper Chat]

7. Los hermanos Castro

Querian ayudar con este.

[phylny]

14. Creo que si.

[Chipper Chat]

15. I love those guys.

Maybe they will run for "co-President."

[Awsi Dooger]

8. Voting against won't cut it

We continue to make that mistake. Every study indicates that Hispanics in particular want to be told what you will do for them. Negative campaigning against the other side is not nearly as effective. Hillary didn't seem to understand that. Here in Miami I watched some Spanish language Hillary spots. They were all anti-Trump, not pro-Hillary.

Also, a few words here and there won't do it. I have a Cuban family living next to me here in Miami who are registered Democrats among the younger crowd but the mother and grandmother are more swing types. The son told me countless times last year that a few Spanish words from Tim Kaine came across as mostly an insult, according to his mother and especially his elderly grandmother. They watch both English and Spanish TV at home. When the English stations are peppered with political ads but the Spanish stations only have occasional ones, the mother and grandmother conclude nobody really wants their vote. The son told me that several times last year.

This is a good article regarding who stayed home in 2016. I bookmarked it for future reference. Note in particular the late paragraphs focusing on non-college educated whites who are a declining block and normally stay home but Trump managed to get to the polls in far greater numbers than 2012. That aspect essentially decided the election, even though many people on this site and elsewhere continue to laughably pretend otherwise:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/registered-voters-who-stayed-home-probably-cost-clinton-the-election/

[BigmanPigman]

9. Good point!

[oasis]

11. Democrats should have Xavier Becerra on the 2020 ticket. He's ready.

[Hamlette]

10. We need to find a balance between attacking (to keep base) and offering solutions

to attract new voters. Voters who are not political junkies like we are all want to hear what we are offering.

Listen to our reality star president. His speeches during the election were 1/2 "lock her up" and 1/2 "we'll give you superior health care at a fraction of the cost" and "I can fix it all". Yes he lied and as of yet has not paid a price. I'm not suggesting we do that but it is what drew in voters who were on the fence but people who had voted for Obama and energized voters who had never voted before.

I also don't think it would hurt us to push back on the "liberal MSM" mime. Talk about how they were mesmerized by the poll numbers Trump gave them because he was a train wreck without questioning him because he was flashy. Maybe point out how much time they spent on nonstories like the email server while only glancing over all his past criminal activity. Like fraud.

I don't know how to do it and in some ways I think we are but Obama won, in part, by telling us we could do it and there is hope. He was the "we can do it" guy vs Trump the "I can do it" guy. Reagan was famous for it and still has defenders which for the life of me I will never understand.

[doc03]

12. Instead of trying to assemble dozens of different minority votes. Like the anti-gun people,

blacks, Hispanics, gays and so on. How about coming up with some ideas every working class American no matter what color, sexual orientation and gun owners and so on can support for a change.

[rusty quoin]

13. It's basic politics.

In "Gangs of New York", William Boss Tweed depends on Bill the Butcher to bring in the votes at the start.

Towards the end it is obvious to Tweed that the Protesants no longer have the numbers to win, but the Irish Catholics do, so he turns to them.