Harris allies seek to keep the 'Biden coalition' in the fold
Source: NBC News
Oct. 26, 2024, 6:55 PM EDT
As President Joe Biden fought to remain in the presidential race this summer, advisers often argued there existed a “Biden coalition” — a cohort only the incumbent could hold together. With Vice President Kamala Harris atop the Democratic ticket, there has been a shift in the focus on these voters, like white working-class voters in places like Pennsylvania, seniors and union members.
A pro-Harris super PAC has been running a series of ads — in heavy rotation during the Major League Baseball playoffs — featuring testimonials from working-class voters, as well as voters who say they previously backed former President Donald Trump, that echo Biden’s message. A coalition of labor groups targeting union members in battleground states is pointing to Biden’s term in office. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has trained his sights on keeping voters who backed Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020 in the Democratic camp with a populist, progressive pitch that leans on Biden’s accomplishments.
And Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ running mate, has had a campaign itinerary that closely mirrors what Biden’s had been in this and previous election cycles. On Friday in Scranton, Pennsylvania — Biden’s hometown — Walz made the case for a new Democratic candidate by highlighting their shared values.
“That patriotism, that fierce patriotism, putting the American people first, is exactly what guides Kamala Harris in the course of her entire career,” Walz said at the same venue where Biden gave an economic address in April.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/kamala-harris-allies-seek-keep-biden-coalition-fold-rcna177419
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especially from some of those blue collar men who never got the memo. 
but the granularity is finer this go around.
I.e., this sort of thing - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143329210
Democrats have ceded men to the GOP and this has been one of the biggest efforts to address that. 
I can see the headline now...Men burn down 200+ years of American democracy because of their weak, fragile masculinity. Well, we've fucked up nearly everything else. Why not this? 
On the flip side, women have been driving election results since Dobbs. For every man who can't bring himself to vote for Harris (psst...just stay home, men. It's just as good) 1 or more women won't be voting for Donny this time.
A long history of strong women in my family. Safe to assume that shapes my view on things. Dad was affable yet not a man to be trifled with. Strongest man I ever knew. He could handle being equal partners with a strong, opinionated woman, my mom. My sisters are the same. My grandmothers could put a foot up someone's ass. Growing up, I could never understand some of my friend's moms being such door mice. It made no sense.
Funny, my wife's family was nearly a carbon copy in the regard. Probably why we've been together for 30+. 
and it shows- most women felt the movie was
indicative of the status of women, most men were
meh or ick. and where is the equal rights amendment????
But what is unique is that it has gotten so bad, that we are bringing in not just "moderate" GOP but the further-to-the-right ones who haven't gone completely MAGat/loon.
When Obama won in 2008, he was able to bring in a bunch of crossover-GOP votes from people who were tired of Shrub's wars AND what became "The Great Recession" (and he was actually "taking charge" when it came to discussions about the "bailout" while he was campaigning).
Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama met with President George W. Bush and congressional leaders struggling to pass a bailout.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times
He did this by evoking Raygun-style imagery (right down to the campaign logo). Harris has gone even further with the imagery and symbolism, pulling in what is left of the GOP.
How many of them will actually vote for any at the top of the ticket is still up in the air, but every vote counts!
What codswallop. President Joe Biden and his people are 100% behind Harris.
The more I see and think about it the transition from Joe to Kamala had been in
the works for a long time.
Liberal Media? 