Agree with Dan Savage

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6. It's been my observation that people who don't or rarely vote...really don't care about politics.

They are unreliable voters, even if you get them to agree to vote. If it's raining that day, they won't go. If they don't feel energetic that day, they won't go. If there's a good sale at Macy's, they won't vote. If someone cares about politics and current events, they are registered, and they vote. My Mom didn't care about the world around her. She only cared about her small world. She never voted, that I know of. Because she had no interest in it.

I think the Dems should reach out to middle class white voters...the ones who flipped and voted for Trump. They are desperate to find a party who is looking out for their jobs, and cares about Social Security and Medicare and health care for the middle class as much as they care for the working class and poor people. Yes, Medicaid is vitally important. But so in good insurance for a middle class family bringing in $60,000 a year and trying to save for retirement and feed the kids and keep the car maintained and pay the mortgage, while working 40 to 60 hours a week. They are not that concerned with transgenders being able to use whatever bathroom they want. That's an important issue, but not to them. But the Dems in power spend a lot of time focusing on social issues that don't affect the daily lives of middle class Americans. Those social issues are important. But health care and jobs and such are equally important.

Middle class voters, particularly white voters, used to be the base of the Democratic Party. It's great that the Dem. Party has a wide base, now. But the middle class votes are there, if the Democratic politicians start thinking about them again.

But the Democratic Party has to have the right candidate. I don't see many stars on the horizon. On either side.