As a black loyal Democrat, I say SCREW the white working class who insist on voting Republican

[PatsFan87]

67. So it's easier getting people out to vote

who aren't enthusiastic enough to bother to vote vs. people who are politically active and involved, who can be swayed to our side with simple conversation and actually addressing their concerns? I'm not sure I agree with that.

Of course, I agree with you on fighting voter suppression. I will say however, as someone from Maine, one of the whitest states in the nation, addressing voter suppression in the black community isn't going to change much here. We tend to be a reliably Democratic state in presidential elections. This year however, Hillary barely won- the margin was less than 3%. A scary number of towns in the southern, liberal part of the state voted for Trump and the more rural northern district voted for Trump as well. Do we just say "screw these people?" and let the Republican party get their message out to Mainers? Or do we attempt to see where we went wrong?

I don't think it's an either or situation. We don't have to sell one group down the river to appease another. From what I was hearing up here in Maine from some people who were voting for Trump- they were not talking about Muslims, illegal immigrants, etc. They were talking about Obamacare costs rising, they were talking about once bustling areas becoming ghost towns riddled with poverty and little opportunity. A lot of people voted out of emotion, fear, and desperation.