2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: ENOUGH with the "Clinton campaign didn't ask for our help" whining! [View all]Pacifist Patriot
(24,895 posts)And was disappointed he was not the nominee. However, Clinton was not a terrible choice.
I know full well the EC determines the outcome, but almost 3 million more voters preferred her as their next President. Her totals are impressive, and in historical terms. The margin of the Tangerine Nightmare's victory in the key states for the EC was ridiculously slim.
We still would have seen vote suppression, the Republicans had long guaranteed that in critical areas. The media still would have failed to do their job with respect to calling out his bullshit. The far right would still have come up with hideous fake news. And I suspect we still would have had Russian interference. All of this regardless of whom the Democrats nominated.
I agree Sanders supporters had little or nothing to do with her loss, but to say she was a terrible choice is an opinion I simply can't agree with given the numbers and her qualifications.