Joe Biden's politics can be explained by Delaware's shadowy past

[TexasTowelie]

Whether he remains the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, or fades back into retirement, ex-Vice President Joe Biden is the most successful politician to come out of Delaware.

With its mixed economy and populations, Delaware is a lot more like the U.S.A. in miniature than the early-voting states of Iowa or New Hampshire. How did Biden rise there, and what does it say about his national appeal, and its limits?

In the early 1970s, consumer advocate Ralph Nader called Delaware “the Company State” and sketched how its government, economy, politics, and even charities were dominated by the DuPont Co. and a Republican corporate-paternal tradition.

But as that company declined and fragmented, Biden’s generation of Delaware Democrats built a broad voting coalition and a multistate fund-raising machine that has placed Democrats in control of state government and every statewide office, including both U.S. senators and lone U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, one of the few African American women representing a majority-white district in Congress.

Read more: https://www.inquirer.com/business/joe-biden-delaware-roots-segregation-moderate-democrats-20190704.html

[lapucelle]

1. Interesting read. K and R.

[RKP5637]

2. K&R!!! n/t

[George II]

3. Connecticut is in a similar position to this:

Democrats in control of state government and every statewide office, including both U.S. senators and lone U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, one of the few African American women representing a majority-white district in Congress.

They control every statewide office (have since 2010!) - of the six offices involved we have probably the most diverse group of officeholders in American history - two white males (one is gay), two white women, an African American man and an Asian American man.

Also both our Senators are Democrats and all five Representatives are Democrats - two women, one of whom is African American (Jahana Hayes)

It's really great living in this state these days.

[Cha]

5. Then there's Hawaii.. Grateful

to be living in this Blue environment, too.

[Demsrule86]

4. It is called big tent...and is how we used to win.