One last comment... TLDR: We know. Pundits like Ruy Teixeira treat (national) politics like k-means clustering along just two axis. (Cite Duverger's Law.) Pla

One last comment... TLDR: We know. Pundits like Ruy Teixeira treat (national) politics like k-means clustering along just two axis. (Cite Duverger's Law.) Plabum for political hobbyists. Axiomatic truths (meaning worthless) worthy of the NYT op-ed page I absolutely guarantee you that Democrats know that Latinos, for instance, are culturally more conservative than college educated whites. Further, I absolutely guarantee you that campaigns work very hard to the thread the needle, accommodating a very diverse coalition. The (national) coalition of Democrats is most simply defined as "not Republican". Inspiring, right? (Whereas the Republican coalition is simply defined as anti-majoritarian, pro-wealth, and reactionaries.) Given the Biden Admin's policy successes, and Republican's self-own with the SCOTUS, hopefully Democratic messaging will become affirmative (what we're for), not just what we're against. You said it yourself. Coalition building is hard. And "big tent" left-wing coalitions are so much harder than the right-wing coalitions. Along with the structural disadvantages, and normal organizational dysfunction, it's a wonder that Democrats ever win at all. Knowing a bit about how this stuff works (but mostly doesn't), whereas most laypersons and pundits whinge about Democrats, for or against, I marvel whenever something good gets done.