2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wow - the concern trolls were right. [View all]mvd
(65,159 posts)Because of a margin of less than 100,000 in 3 states, we lost. And our country is in huge trouble. I wish Hillary had not conceded that night.
Not all who predicted Trump's win were concern trolls. My Democratic uncle in central PA thought he would win. His county, Centre in PA, went for Clinton - but he sees Trump supporters a lot. I personally thought Clinton would win fairly comfortably.
Here are the reasons why we lost IMO:
1. Ignoring Bill Clinton's advice to focus on the working class. Remember, many minorities are also working class. And not one stop by Hillary in Wisconsin. Would Bernie have won? I personally think so because his populist message would resonate more than the socialist label would hurt, but you never know what they would have thrown at him.
2. FBI interference in an election - do we really live in a democracy?
3. Hostile media except for a few voices on MSNBC, liberal media which doesn't have a big audience, and a few newspapers. Never want to hear about the "liberal" media again. They also let Trump lie and made his nonsense seem normal.
4. Our party needs to get rid of the third way, business friendly bent. That has hurt the party for years. But Bernie and Elizabeth can not do it forever. We need young progressives to step up.