NYT - Timothy Egan: How the insufferably woke help Trump

[_Some Schmo]

I wonder why there are no articles on the dangers of calling Democrats "leftists," "communists" or "virtue signalers." Why isn't there a fear that's going to energize their base?

Are we only worried about the children? Is that it?

It seems to me the right doesn't worry that much about what they say, and they still win elections. The left shouldn't worry about adopting the same strategy. This is damned America, after all.

[_Some Schmo]

The real irony in calling out the left for calling right wingers stupid is that it's such a minor infraction compared to GOP leaders who actually treat their voters with the clear assumption they are stupid (the exception being the ones who are that dumb themselves).

You have to be stupid to be more angry about the label from the other party than the treatment from your own.

[_moksha]

GOP leaders who actually treat their voters with the clear assumption they are stupid.

It is like the GOP is forever playing the part of Lucy who pulls the football out from in front of Charley Brown and the Charley Brown voters perpetually fall for that same trick.

[_Brackite]

One of the biggest takeaways from the recent New York Times/Siena College survey of battleground states is that Elizabeth Warren is not connecting with the very people her policies are supposed to help. Trump beats her or runs even in every tossup state but one. The persuadable voters in these states, many of them working class, say political correctness has gotten out of control, and they prefer someone seeking common ground over someone with a militantly progressive agenda.

It’s worth remembering that nearly two-thirds of all American adults do not have a four-year college degree. Warren, the Harvard professor who recently suggested that moderate Democrats belong with the other party, could be more effective with these folks if she showed more of her daughter-of-a-janitor side.

You can try to win the election by expanding the pool of progressive voters overall. But the inconvenient fact remains that a relatively small pool of working-class voters in the handful of battleground states are still likely to determine the fate of the country next year.

Good point. While Senator Warren of Massachusetts will likely win the nationwide popular vote against Trump, she will likely lose light red/purple States to Trump, such as Arizona, Florida and probably Wisconsin.