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In reply to the discussion: Al Franken Would Make a Great President [View all]VoicesAcrossAmerica
(70 posts)So, this is something everyone needs to understand -- Trump didn't get any more votes. Clinton got fewer. What this means is that Democrats didn't vote in close to the same numbers that they voted for Obama.
We cannot concern ourselves about Republican behavior. Trump has proven that they will vote for anyone if he has an R by his name. In fact, Clinton's campaign lost in part due to its strategy of trying to appeal to Republican Women. They thought they could peel off Republicans rather than pushing their own voters to vote. Consequently, for a variety of reasons many fewer Democrats voted in this election in the battleground states.
Dems need to spend about 1/2 the money on TV that they spent in this election and throw all of that money into field and local newspapers/radio.
Enthusiasm makes a huge difference when 40% of the country doesn't vote and they skew overwhelmingly democrat.