- James Carville told MSNBC’s Ari Melber that Democrats face a major engagement problem this year.
- “We are not going to replicate the coalition of 2020,” he said, highlighting the difficulties of polling with non-white men.
- Carville said the party was not reaching out enough to men.
Democratic strategist James Carville, in a recent interview with MNSBC, said he doesn’t think President Joe Biden will be able to bring his 2020 electoral coalition together in the November election.
Carville, who in recent months has been increasingly vocal about his view that the party is losing touch with non-white male voters, told host Ari Melber that while polling numbers for Biden have improved , the president would have a lot of work to do to win. re-election.
“I think the polls have gotten a little better,” Carville said of Biden’s standing after his recent State of the Union address. “But we are not going to replicate the 2020 coalition.”
Biden’s 2020 election victory was fueled by strong support among young voters; Black, Asian and Latino voters; suburban voters and independents; and college-educated voters of all races.
“Most people think we’re going to lose Hispanic men,” he continued. “Young black men have become so disengaged from this process and it’s happened quickly. It concerns me greatly.”
Carville then highlighted what he saw as the men’s lack of engagement with the Democratic Party.
“I think President Biden could win the election, but in terms of party identification as you move forward…male detachment in the United States is a significant problem, particularly among non-white men,” he said. -he adds.
Carville’s comments came after New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd recently spoke with him in a wide-ranging interview in which he said “preaching women” were alienating blocs of party men .
“If you listen to Democratic elites — NPR is my go-to place for this — all the talk is about how women, and women of color, are going to decide this election,” he told Dowd. “I’m like, ‘Well, 48 percent of the people who vote are men. Do you mind if they have some consideration?’
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