Which group of reliable democrats are YOU willing to lose to get White Men to vote Democratic?

[hueymahl]

172. I get your point, and it is a clever rhetorical mechanism

But I can't vote in the poll because of the way it is worded. If you had said "Which group of reliable democrats are YOU willing to lose to get bigoted White Men to vote Democratic?" it would have been easy and more accurate (none). And that is what you really mean when you say "White Men" in the poll question.

There is a more sophisticated point to make about at least some of the Trump voters that are white men - the union workers and rust-belt voters, the rural voters who have seen the economy pass them by. They are not all bigots. At least some I would argue feel abandoned by the both parties. Who see nafta and free trade, rightly or wrongly, as a reason for their situation. See a lack of commitment to union priorities by the Democrats. These folks would not have voted for Jeb Bush either. But they were susceptible to a populist message from a con man.

So, ultimately for me, you have set up a false choice. There is room under our tent for these disaffected white men. I don't see a need to throw anyone else out to make an outreach to them.