Yes, Millennials also cost us the election.
There was no populist "uprising". A Razor thin loss in the Blue Wall doesn't spell rejection, it tells me a couple thousand people were too damn clueless and I include my generation in the clueless category - millennials.
I saw the shit unfold myself, I was neck deep with my friends , my peers, in discussions about Hillary, trying to persuade, trying to get them to contextualise what was at stake. That politics is never "Perfect", that flawed Democrats have accomplished great things - LBJ anyone? JFK..FDR??? I was persuasive sometimes, but not all the time, but hell I tried. Yes a flawed democrat could lead us to the health care we want, could prepare this country for the future, that this year was NOT the year to fuck around with alternatives. Politics is ALWAYS a choice between the greater evil and the CONSIDERABLY LESS evil/partly good. You don't survive in this game without dirt under your fingernails. No fight is completely fair, to get into the arena requires cunning, subterfuge, tools we don't like to talk about but should, strategies to ensure outcomes to benefit those dependent on those outcomes -And Americans are desperate, now more than ever we need our civil rights protected, the health of us all and the planet depends on the choices we make so spare me the whole "I am tired of voting for the lesser evil". The only perfect candidate we ever had was Jimmy Carter, and I'm sure someone somewhere has a story about that one time he got a speeding ticket or some shit.
Part of critiquing Hillary must involve how successful the Republican propaganda machine has been against her and against the Left. And once again,like 2000, the Left cannibalized itself, unleashing potentially 8 years of fuckery, the consequences of which will be felt for far longer.
And how easy it was this time - a barrage of stupid $Hillary memes - Shillary, Killary, hilLIARY, Hellary. The stupid accusations of corruption ( spare me the faux outrage about Wall St speeches and all the other BS), the dumb edited YouTube videos, all successfully worked to drag Hillary - a hard working public servant - to the level of a short fingered, vulgar narcissistic egomaniac - a billionaire who took advantage of the housing crisis, stiffed small businesses, discriminated against black tenants, a shameless groper of P***y , born with a silver spoon in his mouth, bailed out by banks, has a litany of business fails, on top of possessing no convictions other than helping himself - this fucking asshole was "anti-establishment".
And let's examine the "anti-establishment" BS. What was so wrong with the establishment? You feel they wouldn't have heard the message this time around? Hillary's feet would have been held to the fire like NO OTHER PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY. She would have been expected to do things a President cannot even fucking do but now we have a President who is sure to be graded on a curve- how's that for irony?? We had 8 years of Obama where we got Obamacare, which was the beginning of a journey towards healthcare for all. The Economy is now showing some signs of recovery. There was the recognition that Climate Change will bite us in the ass and , under Obama, an understanding that while we can't phase out all fossil fuel extraction RIGHT NOW, we can continue to invest in renewables and start a phase out period. Well we can say fucking goodbye to all of that progress. But it was all worth it right, we sure showed "the establishment" right???
I had to endure the never ending bullshit of Hillary and Donald being the two most dislikes candidates in History and my generation lapped it all up. It's small comfort to know that the majority of them couldn't stomach voting for Donald, but at the end of the day we have to fix the shit he has stained the Oval Office with, and immediately he's let us know just how much he's going to fuck up with an abysmal choice for Health Sec who doesn't respect Science, a Climate Skeptic as head of the EPA, an asshole as AG, a white nationalist as his top advisor, the possible dismantling, instead of fixing, of the VA, a Transport Sec who is the wife of the Senate Majority Leader and our top diplomat will likely be military general.
I don't want to hear any bullshit about "they should have given it to Bernie" Crap. It was obvious the Dems would have chosen a dyed-in-wool Dem compared to a newbie who arrived yesterday. It was obvious Hillary was going to win the Primary, the math was on her side , the votes were on her side. So I don't want to hear that shit.
Yes I am still fucking angry.
I'll paraphrase a Hillary Email where she asked "Why are liberals the world over so clueless?" Well Hillary, if you ever read this, you'll have some idea..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/02/yes-you-can-blame-millennials-for-hillary-clintons-loss/?utm_term=.94440ce93b09
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And this needs to happen asap for 2017. Not just waiting for 2018 because inevitably, every state has some federal, state, and/or local election EVERY year... not just every 2 years or 4 years (even if it is just judges or special election or ballot question).
...albeit a little too "in your face" for some - anticipating some incoming comments...
Productive! 
Starting with "The "Alt-right"... thought I was following you but not completely.
Thousands of leaked emails showed the DNC was stacked. Cost the chairwoman and a CNN popular figure their jobs. IF the DNC had been neutral...say like having a like number of D debates as in 2008... Or the super delegates .. super delegates she spent millions on (and some still lost)...
Hillary 55.2% (4th Clinton campaign) Bernie 43.1% (a newbie who arrived yesterday)
Her 12-point margin of victory over her nearest opponent, Sanders, is below-average.
In 1976 Carter won the nomination with 40% of the primary votes, but won by +26 in November.
Although he was a ways behind Clinton, Sanders received the fifth-most votes of any candidate in a nomination race. Sanders got 30% more votes than John Kerry in 2004.
First contest in Iowa vs Bernie. Hillary got less than 50% in Iowa. (Ran third in 08)
Clinton loses 32 counties to Trump won by Obama in 2012: http://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/local/clinton-loses-counties-to-trump-won-by-obama-in/article_4dccd98a-16ab-52a1-9c02-52f5dd1b8884.html
I guess some are hearing that shit.
Major source (that leaned Hillary BTW): http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/was-the-democratic-primary-a-close-call-or-a-landslide/
Then there was the press not doing a fair job (and giving Trump all that free time to Hillary's hand picked opponent). The continued pounding in the press Hillary will win with superdelegates etc. Again many of those superdelegates got rewarded.
I proved my point on the numbers!
No Hillary press?
Did you even watch MSNBC? Even just Rachel?
Connect the dots.
Some people live in...
She didn't have to tell (humor) Brazille. You don't get it.
You didn't read enough emails.
Anybody that doesn't think the majority of the press was pushing Hillary...
Trump was hand picked by the R party as the one that could beat Hillary!
Yes I voted Hillary. Don't blame me in the caucus..
OS
Re caucuses: Had a very hard time with as you pointed out..a newbie.
I'm off to play elsewhere. I'll let you smile AND have the last word.
because there was alot of press about these students (and non-students who live in the neighborhood) standing in line. The concern was whether some of their votes would be "protest", but at least in this Division, that really didn't happen.
And as a note, because of the number of polling places that we have here in Philly (I think they service neighborhood population chunks of about 1000 - 4000 or something like that the way they draw the lines - usually 6-10 block radius), you normally don't have lines like this -
I am thinking in alot of what might have happened in the above case, were students who had recently registered but whose names were not found in the binders (and they may have had to cast provisional ballots).
Who do you define as "blue collar workers"?
I expect that the vast majority of of "blue collar" blacks, hispanics, and asians who actually voted, voted Democratic.
This meme about "blue collar workers" suggests that it is an occupational term reserved solely for white males as if no other group is a "blue collar worker".
Based on this ridiculous assertion, this woman is not considered "blue collar" because she doesn't live in the MW or is a white male, despite being a SEPTA bus driver here in Philly -
just like these 3 (God forbid) Muslim bus drivers -
And these workers, who clean the fucking Comcast building here in Philadelphia, are not "blue collar workers" because they don't live in the MW and are not all white males -
Enough of this shit about "blue collar".
Now, their offspring will to suffer through decades of misguided Supreme Court rulings.
Well gang, you had your chance but, blew it. Now you must struggle through it.
Good luck. 
Aaron Blake
Washington Post
June, 20 2016
But this fact might say it better than any: In the 2016 campaign, Sanders won more votes among those under age 30 than the two presumptive major-party presidential nominees combined. And it wasn't close.
It's also worth noting in all of this that Sanders's domination among young voters has caused this surprising stat: To this point in the campaign, for the states where we have exit polls of young voters, more young people have voted for the presumptive GOP nominee for president than the Democratic one. Yes, that's right: Trump has more youth votes than Clinton.
It's ridiculous to say millennials cost Clinton the election when the exit polls show that Clinton lost ground with the 2012 Obama coalition across the board. You could pick any group and claim this was the reason she lost.
However, if you're going to hang your hat on millennials sinking Clinton, you're making the case that Bernie would have won.
Hope they're smug with a climate change denier in the WH
Thank you for trying, JHan
