Please give this a look.
Democrats need to stop soul searching about the election. The Democratic candidates had almost no chance of winning.
This was not a normal election. Stop normalizing it just like the MSM did. Even Biden normalized it in advance by declaring that voters would need to be the ones who held Trump accountable thereby excusing the justice system from its responsibility.
The system is actually rigged. (The R-Jackass has neutralized the term “rigged” with his BS, so I am using the term, actually rigged.)
The sting, the takeover, has been being set up for decades.
Courts were actually rigged by Mitch McConnell, the Heritage Foundation, the Federalist Society, and some greedy-class billionaires.
The Citizens United Supreme Court ruling opened all the doors.
There are crooked acting judges like Aileen Cannon.
There has been massive amounts of disinformation both from internal and external sources orchestrated by internal oligarchs and external governments. (Free speech is both our greatest strength and greatest vulnerability.)
There have been ongoing attacks on government agencies, especially those that try to restrict profiteering and polluting by big amoral and immoral corporations.
Republicans have been courting and grooming religious people for years.
Republicans have out smarting Democrats politically for years. (When Democrats have the majority, Republicans use Senate Rules to block most useful legislation and appointments. They make sure Democrats' campaign promises are not well fulfilled. Then at election time, they successfully accuse dems of being a do-nothing or ineffectual party. Congress is also distorted by large amounts of Gerrymandering.)
And there was the Republican candidate, a once-in-a-generation, world class con man. He has an astonishing ability to portray sincerity when lying. And we know how much lying he engages in.
There were also the boundless mobster type threats from the R-jackass. He frightened people. He promoted and inspired violence. (Based on the Constitutional requirements to be president, Al Capone could have been elected president. Right? Donald Trump could have been elected president. Oh, wait...).
All of this and I have said nothing about the racism and misogyny set free by the R-jackass.
Briefly for Democrats... To avoid perceptions of people being “talked down” to, don't lecture. Ask questions. Point out something then ask them to “give that some thought”. Or just ask questions, such as, “Who do you think should have access to affordable health care?” “Who should pay the largest amount of taxes?” Most Trump voters are not dumb, they are most likely misinformed and uninformed. And brainwashed. Point out FIRMLY that persons, even though very busy trying to pay the bills, need to pay attention and be able to sort out what is true and what is not true. Persons not willing to do that are grossly irresponsible as it pertains to our freedoms and our democracy.