Democrats’ conundrum: Retrieve Trump Dems or cater to base

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Tensions are rising inside the Democratic Party between forces intent on recapturing blue collar voters and those who want to stay the course and focus on ethnic blocs.

The clash comes as the party searches for a new leader amid President Obama’s imminent exit from the White House and in the aftermath of President-elect Trump’s crushing defeat of Hillary Clinton. Democratic National Committee members will vote for a new chairman in February or March.

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