The coalition Obama assembled in 2008 is unique, doing better among minorities and college-educated voters than other Democrats have done. Democrats must ask whether it will outlast his presidency.

Obama won reelection last fall behind strong performances among groups in what I've called the "coalition of the ascendant" : minorities, young people, and college-educated white women.

The coalition that Obama assembled in 2008—and is relying on again for re-election—includes minorities (not only blacks and Hispanics but also Asians and those of other races), professionals ...

Former Obama staffers talked about the future of the Democratic Party and the purity test problems that pushed people toward Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

The Return of the Obama Coalition. A rising electorate, recovering economy, and rejection of conservative ideology drove the president’s historic re-election in 2012.

Cortez and Crockett, however, lack the proven experience when it comes to guiding the Democratic Party as a large whole. Obama has had that experience. He's just not been especially present. According ...

As important as the Obama coalition was in 2008, there is another bloc of would-be voters that could prove even more decisive on Feb. 1: the 2016 version of that coalition — this cycle’s round ...

Former President Barack Obama made his first fundraising appearance since the November election this month in New Jersey.

The Democratic Party has a profound problem with the coalition that Barack Obama put together to win two terms in the White House and become America’s first Black president.

Young voters were also a key Democratic voting bloc, not just in the Obama coalition but perhaps most critically in helping Mr. Biden defeat Mr. Trump in 2020. Four years ago, ...