Winning Democrat nomination needs voter coalition: Clinton campaign

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Politics | Wed Mar 2, 2016 11:33am EST

Winning Democrat nomination needs voter coalition: Clinton campaign

NEW YORK

The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called support from a broad coalition of voters - including people of color, women and union households - "critical" for anyone hoping to secure the party's nomination for the November 2016 election and beyond.

Robby Mook, Clinton's campaign manager, noted support for the former secretary of state among African Americans, Latinos and Asian American Pacific Islanders, women and union households in a memo sent out by the campaign.

He also noted that Clinton won white voters in the nominating contests for several states on Super Tuesday, the previous day, in which Clinton won seven states to the four states captured by her rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

"It is also important to note that these constituencies are not only critical to winning the Democratic nomination but will also be central to how a Democrat wins in November, and a candidate that starts with a deep base of support will have an advantage in the general election," Mook wrote.

(Reporting by Luciana Lopez)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-memo-idUSKCN0W423Y

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. And maybe

the Clinton campaign might want to stop treating progressives with condescension and derision? They're gonna need us, too.

[Betty Karlson]

8. Or maybe spare the millennials a thought.

You know, other then: "you kids need to shut up and do as mommy says. We have got ours and we don't care whether you get yours"?

[Svafa]

16. I don't think there is anything she could possibly do to

get the millennial vote.

[Betty Karlson]

19. She really is running the last 20th century campaign.

So out of touch...

[JaneyVee]

20. She has the millennial vote...just not the white ones.

[Svafa]

21. None of the African American millennials I know trust her at all. nt

[HooptieWagon]

2. They should have thought of that before burning their bridge.

[PonyUp]

3. They don't need us. We're just a small group of tea party lefties according to Bill. n/t

[SCantiGOP]

4. Why

Do so many people here hijack every thread and turn it into an anti-Clinton forum. Can you not occasionally read the thread and comment on it without the vitriol?

[Armstead]

7. Because the OP was basically an anti-Sanders screed from the Clinton campaign

[SCantiGOP]

11. Is your definition

that anti-Sanders is the same thing as pro-Clinton? Because I don't see any attack or disparaging comments in the OP about Sanders.

[Armstead]

12. Both are implicit criticisms of the otehr candidate and a call to vote for "mine" instead

[SCantiGOP]

13. Basically agree

But definitely not my definition of an "anti-Sanders screed."

[Armstead]

14. A pro-Clinton OP implicitly critical of Sanders....Better?

[tanyev]

17. At least this thread is actually in GDP and is about the Dem nomination.

I'm amazed at all the threads on totally unrelated topics that get hijacked.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

5. By definition, any campaign that wins the nomination will have had a coalition.

Just not necessarily the same one as their opponent(s).

[madfloridian]

6. They just don't want those non-Democratic Bernie supporters.

[Politicalboi]

9. Dream on

I will vote for Bernie or Jill Stein. I will NEVER support her in any way shape or form. Cheaters and liars don't get my respect. They just get my hatred.

[SCantiGOP]

18. I am quite sure

that the eventual GOP nominee would be thrilled to hear this sentiment.

I will not hesitate to enthusiastically support the Democratic candidate, because the alternative is too dire to even consider.

[Shadowflash]

10. I vote for whomever shares my goals and values.

In the primaries, it's been Sanders.

It may, or may not, be HRC in the general (if she even gets there). We'll see what all the candidates positions are on the issues I care about. The only thing I can guarantee is that it won't be GOP.

[ConsiderThis_2016]

15. Maybe DWS's vote will help you?