Democrats once believed the future of the party was the Obama coalition. It’s a dream they’ve been chasing for the past three presidential elections, with Obama urging people to vote blue from the sidelines rather than the top of the ticket
Former U.S. President Barack Obama walks off stage after speaking at the Democrat ic National Convention at the United Cent er in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 20.
The Democratic Party has often used the Obamas to counter Mr. Trump – see, for example, the Democratic National Convention, when Mr. Obama’s witty commentary about Mr. Trump’s obsession with his crowd size, and Ms. Obama’s quip that the presidency might just be one of those “Black jobs” Mr. Trump had referred to, became viral moments. Mr. Obama has also been deployed in the dying days of the election season in both 2020, when he successfully helped mobilize the Democratic base inWhat Ms.
Voter turnout among these groups was critical to Mr. Obama’s victories. In 2008, the electorate was the most diverse in American history, with ain 2012. While white voter turnout decreased from 67.2 per cent of eligible voters in 2004 to 66.1 per cent in 2008 and 64.1 per cent in 2012, Mr. Obama won because of high Democratic vote margins among minority voters. This shift offset what had then been the largest white margin in favour of Republicans since the 1984 Reagan-Mondale election.
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