You cannot simply assume that you are going to have enough votes among your base and that you can write off swaths of the country.
David Axelrod: “You cannot simply assume that you are going to have enough votes among your base and that you can write off swaths of…”
On the recordNovember 8, 2016
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Axelrod emphasizes the need for Democrats to engage with a broader electorate.
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