Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Buttigieg has 'enormous respect' for Hillary Clinton, says she was 'ill-served' by strategy... [View all]Progressive2020
(713 posts)The Electoral College is the System that we have, so strategy must be based upon it. Maybe one day it will be changed, but for now it is pie-in-the-sky to think that we will be free of the Electoral College.
The Russia Bots, The Fake E-Mail Scandal, Comey, Right Wing Smears, etc all dragged Hillary down, but it would have all been moot if she had done more work in the Mid-West and other key States. She could have overcome the Comey Effect and whatever else dragged her campaign down by working more in those key states.
So, whoever wins the Nomination this time around needs to focus on the whole country, of course, but also specifically Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. We need victory in true blue states, yes, but we also need to win swing states in addition to places like California and New York.
We do need to energize and mobilize the base, but we also need to add as many Independents as possible to the base. Getting out the vote of Democratic Loyalists is part of the strategy, but adding Independents to that mobilized base is where the margin of victory wil be.
Trump duped a lot of working people, and whoever wins the Democratic Nomination will need to sway some Rust Belt people and show how the Democratic Party is going to make their lives better than Trump's lies. Trump's lies and tax cuts for the rich are not going to play as well the second time around. Some people will not be fooled again. We need a candidate and a strategy that will bring some of these swing voters over to the Democratic candidate.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided