2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy should Hillary want votes from people who said they will never vote for her?
Yes, she doesn't need voters who aren't going to vote for her anyway.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)cheapdate
(3,811 posts)To win. She wants votes to win.
It's just that simple.
ThePhilosopher04
(1,732 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Even 70/30 she can still win if independent turnout is depressed.
ThinkCritically
(241 posts)I'm a democrat and I have repeatedly expressed my opinion about her record and why I won't vote for her. ANY other democrat would get my vote. That's why I'm holding out until after the convention to make any decisions.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)A ham sandwich with the letter "D" after its name starts with 190 electoral votes. As many Texans and Floridians can vote against her as want to, it doesn't change the fact that winning Florida and Ohio still won't quite close that gap for the GOP.
ThinkCritically
(241 posts)I've always understood that either democrat candidate will win against Trump. But I am worried the most about HRC being under FBI investigation. People can discount it all day long but what scared me the most is they gave someone immunity. Here we were, back in February, not really giving a hoot about this email investigation. And all of a sudden the FBI starts releasing statements about it. We learn about some hacker who could have hacked her email server. Someone who is part of the investigation gets immunity.... I mean it is scary to think that if something does happen, the democratic party will be damaged beyond repair and Trump could possibly get elected. You don't hand out immunity to people being questioned in an investigation unless it is a criminal investigation. This is one of the top reasons I am rooting for Bernie still.
ThePhilosopher04
(1,732 posts)She'll lose a lot Dems as well.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Because both candidates are unpopular with independents. Which, for that matter, is a good thing: it's past time these mythical "independents" stop dominating our political calculations.
ThePhilosopher04
(1,732 posts)elleng
(135,525 posts)seekthetruth
(504 posts).....I guess they do need my vote.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)ThinkCritically
(241 posts)RelativelyJones
(898 posts)The majority of Sanders supporters are going to vote for Hillary in November, despite the hubbub now. Sure, there will be plenty of vocal hold-outs. There always are.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Whose brilliant plan is it to court anti-choicers, creationists, and religious right fuckwits?
frustrated_lefty
(2,774 posts)She's a neo-con and stands a good chance of winning that constituency.
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)want to be involved in the Democratic Party.
cali
(114,904 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)In order to win, candidates like to have people vote for them. I'm sure they know that not all will, but they hope that most do.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)jmousso75
(71 posts)The same reason she would embrace David Brock who was behind vile attacks against the Clintons in the 1990's. She will sell her soul for power and to win.....and this is not a knock on Bernie supporters.....