“Only three of the major Democratic contenders hail from states Trump won in 2016, and most of the candidates who’ve run for statewide office haven’t had to — or been able to — win where the president was strong,” Bloomberg reports.
“A nominee who could win traditional Democratic-leaning states like Michigan and Pennsylvania might give the party its best shot of retaking the White House.”
Said William Frey, a senior demographer at Brookings: “There’s a lot of evidence to suggest that if they played it safe this time, that might be the way to go.”
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