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ZoomBubba

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6. Not sure what you mean ...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:17 PM
Dec 2016

... but I think it's irrelevant. We haven't seen if she can motivate people that aren't already motivated to vote Democratic to vote Democratic. That's pretty much what matters. I'm just not convinced that left-populists like Sanders and Warren can really win over the public outside of the very inconsistent young voter crowd and well-monied coastal liberals. Can she reconnect the Democrats with the voters they lost in the midwest? Can she motivate black voters who turned out in droves for Obama? What about market Democrats? All those are necessary for a coalition.

Remember, a very similar candidate, Bernie Sanders, lost to Clinton who blew him out of the water in the primary. If Democrats aren't buying what he's selling, what's to say that they'll do it for Warren?

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