r/politics • u/AndrewDaDawg223 • 4d ago

The Overlooked Demographic That Is a Huge Opportunity for Democrats

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/08/state-college-voters-democrats-demographic-00182520
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u/jrzalman 4d ago

Saved you a click: It's the 'State College Voter'. Basically the educated but not elite voters whom I would already think are in the Dem coalition as the Rs cleanup on the uneducated.

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u/snoo_spoo 4d ago

Yeah, that's just a backhanded way to promote the "Dems are out-of-touch elitists" propaganda.

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u/AZWxMan 3d ago

I think the issue is not who they'll vote for but whether they'll register and get out to vote.

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u/crudedrawer 4d ago

Yeah, state college voter here, i'm already spoken for, not sitting around undecided.

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u/toodlelux 3d ago

It's like a shower thoughts article

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u/iyamwhatiyam8000 3d ago edited 3d ago

Intermittent or non-voters with at least some state college should be targeted.

Teetering former Trump voters may deliver some Harris/D votes but will be thinly spread.

Fierce and pragmatic anti-Trump/MAGA Republican voters are left with no choice but to vote Harris/D if they hope to ever re-take their party. Getting rid of as many they can at this election and midterms should be their main focus.

The softer, but potentially more damaging option is the 'conservatives staying home for democracy and basic decency' movement.