2016 Postmortem

ehrnst

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75. Because swing states were brought up as somehow being the only ones that mattered. (nt)

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ENOUGH with the "Clinton campaign didn't ask for our help" whining! [View all] EffieBlack Dec 2016 OP

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*sigh* I voted for Bernie in the primaries. Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #2

I hink she would have been a fine president, her campaign skills, though, weren't good dionysus Dec 2016 #63

exactly what was lacking in her campaign skills? were you seeing the same things I was, a niyad Dec 2016 #70

Well, to us that voted for her, she's fine. She didnt inspire enough dionysus Dec 2016 #73

Yes, she was so non-viable that she got nearly 3 million votes more than Trump EffieBlack Dec 2016 #3

Can we just get beyond this? Please? TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #8

She lost the electoral vote to the Kremlin, the FBI and voter suppression. ehrnst Dec 2016 #32

Another "Exhibit A". Thanks for picking at the old wounds. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #34

Straw man much? She lost by very thin margins affected by those things. ehrnst Dec 2016 #47

All three? onyxw Dec 2016 #76

There is a deep Republican culture in the FBI ehrnst Dec 2016 #77

I don't think FBI would have had same opening to insert themselves with Biden/Sanders onyxw Dec 2016 #78

"Red Scaring" accusation: one of the growing instances in a Venn diagram where Trump and ehrnst Dec 2016 #79

Pssst...it doesn't matter. We don't live under a popular vote system... TCJ70 Dec 2016 #9

Pssst....Bernie lost pretty much the entire south, and the majority of Democrats in the Primary ehrnst Dec 2016 #48

Yeah those southern states...the ones that sure helped her in the general, right? TCJ70 Dec 2016 #55

I know they are full of those "identity politics" types, but they are a large part ehrnst Dec 2016 #67

State-by-state results in the primary have nothing to do with the general election EffieBlack Dec 2016 #68

Agreed...I'm not even sure why that poster brought up the south...n/t TCJ70 Dec 2016 #69

Because swing states were brought up as somehow being the only ones that mattered. (nt) ehrnst Dec 2016 #75

Hindsight is 20/20 treestar Dec 2016 #53

Let me fix that for you... TCJ70 Dec 2016 #56

Hindsight is still 20/20 treestar Dec 2016 #58

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"figure out why..." Adrahil Dec 2016 #16

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Welcome to DU... SidDithers Dec 2016 #19

Last I checked, CA was one of states. LisaL Dec 2016 #24

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No dsc Dec 2016 #29

Yes, the new GOP mantra is that California and New York don't matter. R B Garr Dec 2016 #40

That's the latest Trump talking point. Interesting that you are picking it up. ehrnst Dec 2016 #49

Bernin Math. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #61

Given that she was leading in the electoral college right up until the second Comey announcement mythology Dec 2016 #4

She never stopped leading in the polls HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #5

This is true. ananda Dec 2016 #12

What are you referencing? This? TCJ70 Dec 2016 #6

Yeah, after Sanders trashed her as the "Wall Street Candidate" even past the bitter end ehrnst Dec 2016 #50

Another anti-Sanders missive Roy Rolling Dec 2016 #7

Yes--so annoying ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #10

Yep. Why do you need to be asked? kcr Dec 2016 #11

We asked to help in NC and were told to sit down and get out of the "professional's" way. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #14

What is it you're asking to do? kcr Dec 2016 #15

They shut out the local organizers as if we didn't know our own people. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #22

I'm sorry. I don't believe there were no other reasons kcr Dec 2016 #23

The problem you do not see is that the only priority they had in NC was the presidential vote. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #26

I would like to see proof of this, a claim is not proof enough for this accusation uponit7771 Dec 2016 #27

This article liskddksil Dec 2016 #31

In my experience, often this frustration is result of not being asked to do the really "cool" stuff EffieBlack Dec 2016 #44

I had the same experience with the "official" Democratic party in my area. maddiemom Dec 2016 #36

Lots of narcissism BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #64

K&R mcar Dec 2016 #17

K&R sheshe2 Dec 2016 #20

DU rec... SidDithers Dec 2016 #21

K&R betsuni Dec 2016 #25

K&R Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #28

While I agree that it's time to move on I do have to point out one thing NWCorona Dec 2016 #30

This forum has been over run with Bernie Supporters DEMANDING to refight the primaries. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #33

DUzy of the year. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #35

lol, you can't be serious. He also lost. R B Garr Dec 2016 #39

lol, they don't keep bringing that up. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #41

You can't be serious. The front page alone is spammed with fantasy contests R B Garr Dec 2016 #42

She didn't lose the popular vote, but not everyone seems to think that's relevant. ehrnst Dec 2016 #46

Really? LOL Guess you haven't read the OPs here lately. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #43

What I saw in my state and through my very large extended family -- is that Bernie Sanders Democrats karynnj Dec 2016 #37

I think that many people were more open to a white male than a more qualified female, yes. (nt) ehrnst Dec 2016 #51

What? YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #60

Such things were also true BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #65

It's not just "the campaign didn't ask", it's "we offered help and they wouldn't take it". Ken Burch Dec 2016 #45

Yes! Not to mention that treestar Dec 2016 #52

How did I miss this BEAUTIFUL OP? bravenak Dec 2016 #54

"Not reaching out to Sanders politicos" translates as "the Clinton campaign didn't offer stopbush Dec 2016 #57

Volunteers were explicitly told to stand down Arazi Dec 2016 #59

i go 50% with you. but if the clinton campaign okieinpain Dec 2016 #62

There is a lot of BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #66

k and r--exactly!! niyad Dec 2016 #71

I'll bet some of these whiners never bothered to vote in the general. oasis Dec 2016 #72

I just saw another one of those "Bernie people say Clinton's campaign didn't fuking listen" betsuni Dec 2016 #74

I made it pretty clear from the beginning that Exilednight Dec 2016 #80

lulzy! Rex Dec 2016 #81