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The Way Forward

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somsai

(121 posts)
Fri May 30, 2025, 05:01 PM May 30

What can we do to win back the male voter? [View all]

The good news is that there are a lot more women voters 54% to 46% men. The bad news is that how men and women vote has widened to a 13 point gap, in 2020 it was only an 8 point gap. The votes of both men and women have shifted rightwards in all demographics except white women, and with white women we've made gains so small as to register as 0. This according to the recently released Catalist numbers as reported in the liberal patriot.

https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/do-democrats-know-how-to-win-back

One of the top quandaries for the Democratic Party following the 2024 election is how to bounce back with male voters. Some of the largest rightward shifts last year came from men—specifically, young and minority men. New data from the Democratic firm Catalist showed that while the party’s vote share among men overall fell by five points compared to 2020, the erosion of support was larger among Asian (six points), black (eight points), and Hispanic (twelve points) men.

This followed more than a decade of sustained rightward movement among all three non-white groups of male voters.


All this is not a surprise. Anyone who has watched the losses year over year could see this coming. This election we lost Hispanic men. In 2012 we had Asian men by 40 points, this year we had them by 10 points. Black men shifted 34 points. Small demographics I understand, HIspanic men are only 4% of voters, Black men are another 4%, Asians 2%, but we have lost ground with women also, though not as pronounced. The decrease is steady, every single year less.

Time to make a bigger tent. I disagree with some on issues, and I don't like every candidate, but if they vote Democratic, we can pass legislation to my liking.

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Run a white, middle-aged, protestant, straight man. I don't like it, but we need to face Scrivener7 May 30 #1
I agree. Haggard Celine May 30 #4
The percent of white male vote hasn't shifted as dramatically somsai May 30 #7
Doesn't matter. A white, male, protestant, middle-aged, straight man will bring them back. Scrivener7 May 30 #8
Chris Murphy, our Dem Senator from CT, fits the bill! CTyankee May 31 #14
I totally agree Scrivener7 Jun 1 #18
IMO, he is handsome/nice as opposed to what we have now. But that is not the question. CTyankee Jun 1 #19
I think that US culture values and promotes markodochartaigh May 30 #2
I think you're on to something there somsai May 30 #13
Show them a different boogie man, perhaps Raven123 May 30 #3
Dems have been accused of lacking marking moxie. Gum Logger May 31 #16
I struggled to understand the campaign Raven123 May 31 #17
We shudda known, but we (or really I shudda) the moment Biden had his "moment" in the debate where he went off track. CTyankee Jun 7 #21
Stop treating young black men as all gangsters. Stop shooting them in the streets. Simple little things. marble falls May 30 #5
With the Media that seems to paste a dark reality, whenever the Democrats are in front and center.... chouchou May 30 #6
How about male and female voters? Ponietz May 30 #9
There's a lot of polling showing non voters favored Trump somsai May 30 #11
Cites please Ponietz May 30 #12
https://www.natesilver.net/p/turnout-didnt-cost-kamala-harris somsai May 31 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author usonian May 30 #10
Well, I produced one... CTyankee Jun 2 #20
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