Biden leans into Obama identification [View all]
Former Vice President Joe Biden is labeling himself an “Obama-Biden Democrat” as he seeks to straddle a line to appeal to centrists and progressives in the Democratic Party.
Biden’s strategy is intended to strengthen his appeal to white working-class men — who largely fled the Democratic Party in support of President Trump in 2016 — while keeping him relevant with an Obama coalition of women, minority and younger voters.
The moves also ties Biden closely to former President Obama, a popular political figure whose appeal is strong with African-American voters — but who also won states dominated by Trump in 2016 such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Democrats ceded those three states and Wisconsin to Trump in the last presidential cycle, and may need to win back that ground to unseat him.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Biden referred to himself as an “Obama-Biden Democrat and, man, I’m proud of it.”
He added that “the vast majority of members of the Democratic Party are still basically liberal to moderate Democrats in the traditional sense.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437877-biden-leans-into-obama-identification
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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