The Obama Coalition Has Other Choices

Rick Klein: “Bringing home the Obama coalition would be easier for Hillary Clinton if they didn’t have other places to stay. Clinton’s weaknesses with critical demographics are well-documented, with complicated explanations. But they are being accentuated and exacerbated by the fact that Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are available as choices in the vast majority of states. The new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll finds Clinton leading among black voters over Donald Trump 76-5. That’s a blowout, but President Obama garnered numbers well into the 90s; Clinton isn’t coming close to that, primarily because Johnson and Stein are options. And younger voters of all races are thinking third party: Among those under 35, Johnson stands at 17 percent and Stein at 5 – nearly twice the shares of their overall support.”

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