We lost (some of) the black men, the Hispanics, the youth and the first time voters.

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60. Hard Truths

To be honest with all of you, I think we have to figure out a way to get our coalition to believe in the power of their vote and that their votes matter. For whatever Trump gained if most of our voters showed up, Kamala is more competitive and might have pulled it out. Republicans never have this problem because they will vote no matter what. I candidly think back to what would’ve happened to people that look like me (Black) if our ancestors didn’t fight and vote and vote until change happened. Change wasn’t an overnight thing but it came. I don’t see that same drive from many of the members of our coalition. If you skip local elections, only vote once every 4 years, complain that things didn’t change then refuse to vote again, I just don’t know what to do it. Because our coalition is so diverse we have to be willing to show up and vote even if we don’t get exactly what we want. This isn’t a messaging problem it is belief problem and it is the belief that voting doesn’t work.