Ever since Trump won, Democrats have engaged in a never-ending, emphatically stupid, ill-informed debate about whether the party should appeal to a growing base or try to court more moderate “swing” voters. This is a false choice—up until the moment the Electoral College is abolished.114 The only way a Democrat can piece together the 270 votes necessary to win the White House is to do both. Your campaign needs to turn out first-time and periodic voters AND win over independent voters, particularly in the exurban and rural counties that turned Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and
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