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In reply to the discussion: It would be nice if the centrists in this party did some introspection, too. [View all]tonyt53
(5,737 posts)The Democratic Party has forgotten the base - the 45-65 y/o white middle class voters. That group cares more about good jobs and healthcare than anything else. The Party platform had everything under the sun except any way to address the "wants" of that group. Every other group was represented and look what happened. That group doesn't want anything special. They only want an even chance. So, instead of voting for HRC, and a Party platform that left them out, they voted for Trump. They cut off their noses to spite their own faces, but they felt that at least somebody was addressing what they wanted.
Some on here will likely laugh and ridicule what I just stated. Others will agree. I'm in that group that feels like they were forgotten, but not a chance in hell I'll ever vote for a Republican, even for dog catcher. Won the upper mid- West? Not a chance in hell with that platform we had. Everybody wanted something that was tailored just to them - except those 45-65 y/o white middle class registered Democrats. THAT is what cost HRC the election. So, unless the Democratic Party takes a deep look inside itself (and I think our new leader already has) we are dooming ourselves.