This thread really illustrates why the Democrats lost, imo.
Because we overestimated the American electorate's ability to vote based on what's really important? Yes, I agree.
No, because you didn't emphasize them nearly enough.
I don't see what Nathan's post (or the subsequent Democrats') has anything to do with that.
TO be fair Nathan's post did admit that mistakes were made. However, the overall impression I get is that "those evil elitists bought everyone off!" when many Democrats, up to today apparently, had been mouthing off about how people who don't vote for them are a bunch of subhuman hicks and were pretty enthusiastic for a Wall Street-in-Chief candidate in 2016.
Yes, this might be an unfair characterization, but the attitudes of Democratic supporters ultimately does have an impact on peoples' perceptions of it. The sooner the party throws out the WASP supremacists and banker cronies, the much better off it will be. Contrary to popular opinion.
