2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie (or Bernie's ideas) 2020! [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)she "ignored" the working class.
We are talking a difference of 60,000 votes across all these states.
she had the most sensible platform, covering apprenticeship programs, a phase out period for fossil fuels which would keep jobs, health care..
Should she have had a more condensed simple message that hammered home her jobs programme? Yes.
Should she have campaigned more in the midwestern states? Yes. Did hubris cost her votes? Yes... MAYBE. Her rival was even more arrogant.
But none of this means her platform ignored anyone, in fact her policies were incredibly comprehensive and tried to satisfy everyone everywhere (my only critique of it) but she was the only one this year ( between Sanders and Trump) who understood the economy.
And this is the millionth time I've wondered if I followed the same election cycle as some other folks.