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[The Mouth]

86. My question is

Since yes, Hillary won the primary,

Did she win on issues, or because she had been carefully laying the groundwork for 20 years.

She had not just "superdelegates" but hundreds or thousands of favors owed and supporters in position. There was little doubt she would win the nomination. But on just the issues, not 'electability', or all the work she'd done for Democrats for 30 years or the organization she had built, where was our strength, and how did we go wrong? Secretary Clinton did a lot of hard work many years before 2016,work that Bernie simply didn't do- stumping for candidates nationwide, paying dues., NO argument.... but on JUST the issues, as if no one had heard of either of them before 2016?

Bernie had one major theme and I think he was, and is, right about i:
Economic inequality is the single most important issue; more important than race, than gender, than borders or religion. For those who agree it is an energizing issue. Not that race or gender are unimportant, but for many of us FIRST comes economics. everything else competes for second place. I admit this is divisive and antagonizes those who see things first and foremost through the prism of race or gender. But I also firmly believe that when economic inequality is addressed that the other issues become vastly more tractable.

The Democratic party would do well to strongly consider this issue and where it prioritizes it relative to other themes. I have the 'white privilege' of being able to not give a damn about, or even think much about, gender or race; for others race may well be the prism though which they see all problems and solutions. To stop Trump we need to consider all voices.