California's presidential party is over, and here are some lessons

[Zorro]

The presidential campaign has lumbered off, not to come back again this year except for the occasional fundraising event.

Votes from California’s Tuesday primary are still being counted, but the results at the presidential level will not change. Donald Trump cinched the Republican nomination weeks ago, and won the GOP vote in California. Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic nomination, also unofficially, the night before the California vote, and defeated Bernie Sanders among those who cast Democratic ballots here.

People may ignore what happened in this state; California is so reliably Democratic in the presidential general election that Trump’s assertion that he could be competitive here in November prompted open laughter.

But there are lessons for November from the California contest. Here are a few.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-presidential-lessons-california-20160612-snap-story.html

Interesting observation about the crowds at Sanders events. Bernie "... became the political equivalent of the Grateful Dead, drawing a band of traveling supporters to multiple events." Could explain a lot.

[pat_k]

1. Perhaps post selected excerpts for those who don't have subscription.

[msongs]

2. open to view, no subscription needed nt

[pat_k]

3. They give you free access to a limited number articles.

I've reached my quota for the month. Others may have too.

[Zorro]

7. Delete your cookie

[pat_k]

8. ok

will give it a shot.

[kpola12]

4. It's just so easy to write off 2.5 million votes.

With a 400,000 vote difference it amazes me how arrogant some can be. I've read it over and over the results are in nothing can change. My goodness.

[MoonRiver]

6. Some are good at math, some not so much. eom

[Yavin4]

5. Attending rallies is not the same as being engaged in a real movement

There's a lot more hard work and organizing involved to make a movement take flight. Going to a rally does none of that.

[BobbyDrake]

9. Exactly.

Musicians and profession sports routinely fill stadiums, but that doesn't mean I think Justin Bieber or Lebron James should be made President.

Going to a rally makes the attendees feel good about themselves, because they "did something," but that something turns out to be not as significant as they think. The Grateful Dead analogy is pretty on-point too, because when you have nothing better to do than go to a rally, you probably have nothing better to do the week later when it's one town over, and the week after, when it's just a short ride away.

[Yavin4]

10. "have nothing better to do"

if you want a real movement, there's always something to do. Like voter education. Making sure that the ballots are correct. Arranging transportation to the polls, etc. Going to rallies one after another is wasting time.