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ANALYSIS: These Are the Voters Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Must Target to Win in 2020

Howard Schultz, the billionaire former Starbucks CEO, is contemplating an independent run for president in 2020, and Democrats are pissed.

As some have pointed out, the hysterical reaction to Schultz's announcement is rather condescendingly dismissive of the notion that some American voters, perhaps even millions, might actually support his candidacy. Probably because most Democratic partisans assume that because most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump, those Americans must also feel that Trump is an imminent threat to democracy itself and, more importantly, to the journalistic institutions that courageously protect it. As such, Trump must be defeated no matter what. These Democratic partisans seem unable to fathom that a significant chunk of the American electorate, while not crazy about Trump, might also be turned off by the increasingly left-wing primary circus taking shape on the Democratic side.

It's not even entirely certain, should Shultz decide to run on a centrist, fiscally conservative, socially liberal platform, that his candidacy would help Trump more than it would help the Democratic nominee. Who the hell knows? What is certain is that Shultz will need to determine if he has a "viable path" to the presidency, a process that will involve identifying the key demographics he'll need to attract in a general election.

Who, exactly, are these target Schultz voters? That's a great question. Fortunately, the Free Beacon's crack team of data analysts, with the help of AI-generated quantum computing algorithms, has developed some preliminary profiles of the optimal Schultz voter. Enjoy!

Target Voter #1

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