In a new article, New York Times political analyst Nate Cohn argues that by appealing to the working class and stealing liberals' waning appeal to non-college voters, President-elect Donald Trump has created a new multicultural coalition. He argued that the Democratic Party's dream of achieving a majority had been “shattered.” .
“The overall pattern is clear,” Cohn wrote in Monday's article. “During the Trump era, in election after election, Democrats underperformed in traditional Democratic constituencies. Sometimes they simply failed to capitalize on his unpopularity; other times, their approval ratings were shockingly low. Together, they shattered the dream of building a Democratic Party.The rise of a new generation of young and nonwhite voters created a new majority.
“This overarching pattern requires an overarching explanation: Mr. Trump’s populist conservatism has corroded the foundations of the Democratic Party’s appeal.” Cohn wrote. “It tapped into many of the issues and themes that once made these voters Democratic.”
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New York Times columnist Nate Cohn wrote that President-elect Trump won the Democratic Party by appealing to the working class. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin, Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Cohn argued that Democrats have failed to take full advantage of President Trump's unpopularity and are also facing a “staggering decline” in approval ratings.
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Cohn argued that Democrats have failed to capitalize on Trump's unpopularity and are also facing a “staggering decline” in approval ratings. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Cohn describes how the Republican Party has made great strides from the 2012 election, in which Barack Obama was re-elected, to the 2024 campaign, which will send Trump to a nonconsecutive second term in the White House. explained with an eye-opening graph. That included double-digit increases among Blacks (19 points net swing), Hispanics (29), Asians (17), and voters ages 18 to 29 (14). are.
“After three Trump elections, nearly every traditional Democratic constituency has shifted to the right,” Cohn wrote. “In fact, according to New York Times estimates, Mr. Trump has won more votes among blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and young voters than among white college-educated voters in his three campaigns since 2016. In both cases, Trump has done better than any Republican in decades.”
“Even when Mr. Trump made relatively small gains among Hispanic voters in 2016 and Black voters in 2020, Democrats still underperformed,” Cohn wrote.
Cohn said the Democratic Party has been seen as the “party of the people” for at least a century, but Trump has upended that reputation with a “populist pitch” and “robbed the Democratic Party of its traditional role in American politics.” , and gradually weakened it,” he wrote. Not only with working-class voters, but also with non-whites and young people. ”
FOX News' Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
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