Ten Reasons Why Hillary lost - And they are probably not what you thought

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100. More viable

Arguing better is pointless. But data suggests that Bernie was more viable, especially against Trump. He under cut Trumps jobs message, as well as his comments about trade and fiscal policy. He was the "system isn't fixed" candidate that was needed to oppose Trump. Hillary was weak on all that. It may not be fair, but it is the reality of politics.

Hillary beat Bernie predominately because of her strong support in the AA community, which she earned. He had a huge weak spot here, which progressives would do well to think about long and hard. But unfortunately for her, that demographic did not show up at the general in the numbers she needed, in the states that she needed, to put her over the top. And the "angry white lower middle class voter" did.

It was economic issues that helped Trump, and she had a weak reputation on those subjects, earned or not.