Democrats are winning more white college graduates than they have been for non-white voters. The focus on abortion and guns may not hurt democrats among those groups, but that's not why those voters are Democrats. In a mid term environment, thay can get pretty far in 20 22 simply by mobilizing the kind of democratic voters who really are animated by these sort of liberal cultural issues.
For months, leaders of the Democratic Party and President Biden have been bracing for huge losses in the upcoming midterm elections. Today, “The Daily” explores a new New York Times poll that complicates that thinking — and could set the stage for a very different showdown in November.
Guest: Nate Cohn, a domestic correspondent for The Upshot at The New York Times.
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Background reading:
- Here’s what a new Times poll shows about divisions and dissatisfaction in the United States.
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