2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How is Hillary going to unite the party? I don't see it happening. [View all]jamese777
(546 posts)They never have been and they never will be. A dynamic political party has as much in-fighting as it has fighting against the external opposition. That's healthy.
In modern times, both major parties have left, center and right factions. In my city (San Diego) our Republican controlled newspaper just endorsed Ronald Reagan for president. They couldn't bring themselves to endorse Donald Trump.
There will be a signifcant number of Democrats who will not vote for Hillary Clinton. So be it, nobody is going to beg them. Their loss can be made up by new registrants, particulalr People of Color and more specifically Latinos offended by Trump's racism. Latinos are 18% of the population but only 10% of the electorate in 2012 and they went for Obama 71% to 27%.