Bannon was right on this...

[Willie Pep]

75. Most people are concerned with bread and butter issues not identity issues.

This is true for most whites and non-whites. The reason Democrats lose is not just because of voter suppression and gerrymandering but because our natural constituents, the working class and poor of every race, often stay home. Even without voter suppression and gerrymandering the Republicans have a natural political advantage when it comes to turnout because their base tends to be wealthier and more politically engaged so the GOP doesn't have to do much to get them to the polls, hence the term "broken-glass Republican."

Relying on a coalition of non-whites and white liberals is a recipe for disaster. For one thing, this coalition is heavily concentrated in certain states and metro areas. Given the federal nature of our system this means that huge swathes of the country have been largely abandoned by the Democratic Party with disastrous results at both the state level and the federal level. Another problem with this coalition is the assumption that non-whites will automatically vote for the Democrats. Trump did better than expected with minorities despite running perhaps the most racist major presidential campaign in recent history and it is not outside the realm of possibility that the Republicans can flip ethnic voters in the future. Plenty of white ethnics like the Irish, Italians and Poles are no longer solidly in the "D" column and I can see the same happening with some Asians and Hispanics (although probably not African-Americans).

You don't have to throw minorities and their interests under the bus to win elections but you do have to make a broader appeal and win over some white voters if we are going to get out of the hole that we are in. We cannot win more elections without white voters and the best way to win more of these people is through a stronger economic message since those are the issues these people care about the most. Whites who vote primarily based on identity and racism already vote for the GOP and will probably never vote for the Democrats so I am not talking about catering to those people. I am thinking of Obama-Trump voters and people who don't vote because they feel that neither party cares about their economic interests.