http://dagblog.com/link/can-hillary-clinton-win-over-left-19838 Comments for "Can Hillary Clinton Win Over the Left?" en http://dagblog.com/comment/212084#comment-212084 <a id="comment-212084"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/can-hillary-clinton-win-over-left-19838">Can Hillary Clinton Win Over the Left?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"Elections have become less about wooing swing voters than about turning out the base."</p> <p>This assertion is both sweeping and inaccurate. There has been only one presidential candidate in one general election who employed a base-strategy: GW in 2004. Obama did work hard to mobilize young and black voters, but he did not tout left-wing positions in the general elections. Nor did McCain or Romney emphasize right-wing positions. <span style="line-height:1.6">Clinton is currently playing to the base, of course, because she's running for the Democratic nomination, but I doubt she'll employ a base-strategy in the general.</span></p> </div></div></div> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:52:30 +0000 Michael Wolraich comment 212084 at http://dagblog.com