Dems' White Male Problem

Salena Zito writes politics for the Pittsburgh Tribune. Here she riffs on the Democrats' difficulties in winning the votes of white males.

White male voters haven't felt that the Democratic Party has their best interests at heart since Lyndon Johnson, the last Democrat to win a majority of their presidential votes. The further left the party pulls, the more each successive candidate or president loses white male support.

That is particularly true in the industrial Midwest, South and West. The only white males whom Democrats tend to attract are elites in urban areas — and, of course, in Hollywood.

All you need to know: Dems are the "mommy party," GOP is the "daddy party." Democrats say, "Oh, you poor thing," Republicans say, "Stand on your own two feet."