Since we're on the subject of Obama, the highlighted part of your response is why he was so successful with white folks in the midwest. He didn't talk down to cacs(Don't think he used the term white privilege in 8 fucking years). He played into THEIR perception of life. He talked about them getting by. Now the left loves to play clips of Trump and scream

"white supremacy", but for the most part Trump talks the same as Obama while stomping through the midwest. It's about jerbs and THEIR version of 'murica.
Folks who are emotional wrecks and buy the starbucks rhetoric don't realize 'hope and change' and 'make america great again' are both about rising and staying afloat. Both are about making it easier to pay the bills.
Obama played politics and used strategy. As crazy as it sounds, Trump uses sound strategy too. Somewhere in the 2016, democrats stopped using strategy in favor of emotion and arrogance. That plays a part in them not being able to repeat Obama's magic with black voters AND whites.
None of this shit is the rocket science people on the left make it out to be. If they want black numbers like Obama, nothing less than a black candidate who seems authentic will do(that rules out folks like Booker and Harris). His skin color was a motivating factor in black voters supporting him. If they want those midwest cacs, talk to them without scolding them. Obama laid down the formula.