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J. D. Vance: “The Republican coalition in the 1990s was more upscale.”

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Published | Video Starts at 17:53

And this is my third point, and this is tough because one of the things that was true of the Democratic coalition In, say, the 1990s is that because the Democratic coalition in the 90s was more upscale. They showed up. Excuse me, The Republican coalition in the 1990s was more upscale. They showed up in midterms. So Republicans tended to do a little bit better in midterm elections in the 1990s than, say, Republicans do today. (17:53–17:57)

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Asserts that the Republican coalition in the 1990s consisted of more affluent voters.

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