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In reply to the discussion: Supporting the values of the Sanders movement is not "refighting the primaries". [View all]CitizenZero
(502 posts)It is important to know why we lost so that we can correct our mistakes. As much as we like to blame Comey and Russian Hacking for our loss, I think the basic truth is the simplest: We lost because we took a lot of working class people for granted, while Trump fed them crude Economic Populism.
We should have campaigned much harder in Rust Belt States. We should not have taken Michigan or Wisconsin or any other State for granted. But we did, and we lost in places where Obama had previously won. If we had not ignored these States but instead fought hard in them, I think Hillary would have carried the day. So, I think we maybe shold have been on the ground talking to the Economically Disenfranchised in these States rather than take them for granted and assuming they were "safe" states.