"Blue America's Professional Core Is Better Educated, More Urban, and Vastly More Progressive (Especially on Social Issues) Than the Voters Whom Democrats Must Win to Wield Federal Power"

"The upshot of this analysis is simple: For Democrats, appealing to white working-class voters is not optional. Unless the party gains ground with that demographic, Republicans will control the Senate for most of the coming decade. And during that period, Democratic presidents will be unable to appoint Supreme Court justices or pass major legislation on issues of race or economic redistribution. That state of affairs will not redound to the benefit of Black voters."

Eric Levitz at New York wades into the debate over "popularism."