What Will Trump's Impact Be on Millennials?

[PatsFan87]

24. I agree with you about the realism of having two choices

which is why I voted for Hillary and convinced others to do the same. She was not my ideal candidate but she was not a dumpster fire like Trump. It was more important keeping him out of office.

Of course voting matters but we have got to recognize that words and the way people are treated also matter. Politics is about policy but it's also about process, about how we bring people to the table, about how we treat and listen to people. Many people vote solely on issues. Clearly from this election, others vote on whether or not they think they are being listened to and whether they think they matter. We must acknowledge this. You say that it's not about "lofty goals or dreams". Of course it is. Obama utilized people's imaginations brilliantly during 2008. Letting people feel something is the most powerful way to reach them, not numbers or the intimate details of somebody's plan. That's just speaking realistically. Ending slavery, desegregation, marriage equality were once "lofty goals." But using words and having a process of bringing people of different backgrounds together instead of dismissing certain people is what brought about that change. People matter and process matters and the Democratic party needs to acknowledge and deal with an elitist wing of the party turning people away or we will continue to lose elections.