April 5, 2022: Why Bidens base is in distress
Democrats are desperately trying to understand what\u2019s roiling the electorate heading into a brutal midterm environment.\nHIT Strategies has been conducting weekly focus groups to find out in real time how Americans are processing events in 2022. On Monday night we watched discussions with two different subgroups of partisan Democrats assembled by the firm: \u201cBlack Base, Always vote for Dems, Ages 25+\u201d and \u201cYouth Base; Always vote for Dems, Ages 25 \u2013 39.\u201d\nThere were significant differences within and between the two groups of nine voters. But there were also some broad takeaways.\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.