2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What lessons do YOU take from the results? [View all]Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)Is that we need to stop campaigning only among safe states. By this, I mean, Clinton focused mostly on the coasts and DC. She was preaching to the a choir so to speak. Trump consistently and frequently went into states that Obama solidly won. In this past capaogn, Democrats have forgotten that there are a lot of states in between Manhattan and Los Angeles.
Also, a big problem was enthusiasm. Hillary did not make people outside of her bubble enthusiastic. I mainly blame this on the fact that Hillary gave something to vote against. That is, Hillary's main campaign was the fact she was not a monster like Trump so people should vote against the monster. Trump's campaign, on the other hand, gave people something to vote for. Regardless of whether Trump was right or wrong, his main campaign was that people should vote for him because he will help them. People do not get enthusiastic when they are against something.