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In reply to the discussion: Democrats say they now know exactly why Clinton lost [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)but it is a FALSE assumption to say that the "message" was wrong when almost 3,000,000 more voters agreed with it. THAT is my issue. "Navigating" the electoral college is but a work-around tactic due to the system but then it also means you sometimes focus on the wrong things.
I know years ago many folks trashed the party for actually playing to the electoral system by attempting to "hold" something like 16 "blue states" and maybe pick up one or 2 purple ones along the way. Then the 50-state strategy came about with Dean to actually open up more paths and that expanded the map. But then it also caused other dynamics that were unpredictable and needed to be followed up on.
Now it seems that the argument is to move back to a different twist on the old strategy.