Democrats Must Turn Focus to Two Groups

Amy Walter: “There are two very important groups to watch in this upcoming midterm election. One is independent voters. In the last four midterm elections, independents had soured on the sitting president’s performance and preferred the ‘out’ party by double digits. In all four of those elections, the party in the White House lost the House, the Senate or both.”

“The other group to pay attention to is Democratic base voters, especially younger voters and voters of color who turned out for the first time in 2018 and 2020. Many of these so-called ‘surge’ voters were motivated by an aversion Donald Trump, and the racial justice protests over the summer of 2020. Democrats need these voters to show up again in 2022.”