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 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.

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

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.

In 2008, Barack Obama was widely described as having built a game-changing political coalition: young people, racial and ethnic minorities, educated professionals, urban and suburban voters.

Obama Is Reassembling the Coalition That Swept Him to Victory. If the president maintains his support in key demographics, Mitt Romney would be in serious trouble in a head-to-head matchup.

Now, with Harris gone, it falls to that dreadful Obama wannabe to take the lead in keeping talk of “reviving the Obama coalition” on the front burner.

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 ...

The Obama coalition was supposed to, many had hoped, propel Democratic presidential victories for years to come. But in 2016, Hillary Clinton struggled to recruit white, ...

Hillary Clinton’s moment of truth with the Obama coalition is fast approaching – and she has work to do. The Democratic nominee’s effort to win over voters who twice put Barack Obama in the ...