Posted on 05/02/2017 6:11:51 AM PDT by davikkm
When a party loses an election, the first thing they traditionally do is reflect on why they lost and how better to ensure victory next time around. But it has taken the Democrats a while to get to this position. They first began the blame game: Racists and Misogynists etc… Then they tried to hold up all government business to make Donald Trump seem ineffectual (it takes a lot of cash to pay these protestors day in day out). And finally, they decided to get to the business of opposition government and examine their mistakes. And what they found should be a wakeup call for all concerned.
Based on studies done by top Democratic Party strategists, after analyzing all the data, they have concluded that 70% of the reason that Hillary Clinton failed to win the Presidency is because she couldn’t convince the portion of the electorate who voted for Obama last time and Trump this time.
Apparently, this key demographic liked Obama well enough to vote for him (in some cases twice), but could not muster enough enthusiasm for Hillary. It does make you wonder what all the people saying “Trump voters are racist” are going to do with their time now. This was not so much a victory for Donald Trump, but a resounding failure on the part of Hillary Clinton and the DNC. They did what they always do, they took voters for granted.
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They lost???? When???
Trump’s winning is making me sick.
Definition. Winning gaining, resulting in, or relating to victory.
The Dem’s understand the meaning.
They have trained their base to be lazy and expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter. It’s no wonder they are too lazy to get out and vote. They have to depend on those who vote illegally (doing the work Americans won’t do) and those who vote on behalf of them and their dead comrades.
They did what they always do, they took voters for granted.
I for one hope they keep up the good work!
Don’t forget the Russians.
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They assumed that if you are black, you’ll vote democrat. They assumed that if you are a woman, you’ll vote against a man. And this whole thought process is as ridiculous as it sounds. Each human is different, with different drives and motivations. No one can win an election by ignoring people.
Matt Canter, a senior vice president of the Democratic political firm Global Strategy Group (which carried out the study), says: “We have to make sure we learn the right lesson from 2016, that we don’t just draw the lesson that makes us feel good at night, make us sleep well at night.” And he’s right. Blaming someone else for your loss may make you feel netter, but it won’t help you win next time.
The purpose of an opposition government is to be there to keep the country running should the government fall (this is more true in Parliamentary democracies, but still very much applicable), and unless the DNC can take on board what they have now learnt, they will never be an effective government, NOR opposition.
The Democrat plan so far has been to try and “turn out the base”, essentially get their “demographics moving”, but as Canter points out, this is not enough.
“This idea that Democrats can somehow ignore this constituency (referring to white male voters) and just turn out more of our voters, the math doesn’t work,” Canter said. “We have to do both.”
Hillary’s loss should have been no surprise to Democrats as she could not even gain momentum in the primaries. In 2008 Hillary was to be anointed as the candidate yet an obscure junior Senator from Illinois snatched the nomination. In 2016 a doddering old socialist with a rambling message nearly did the same and only using dirty tricks within the DNC was Hillary able to gain the nomination. She was a weak candidate from the beginning and her shopworn message as well as some health incidents further eroded her position
The Donald has screwed the pooch. Now...was this intentional? Is he planning his exit strategy? I wouldn't put it past him.
The problem for the Democrats is that they need white voters, but increasing numbers of those voters know that party is openly hostile to them. It’s gonna take a lot more than slick messaging and symbolism for the Dems to get back the white working class voters they lost.
I’m certainly going to enjoy four more years of winning!
Yes it is getting very disheartening that “winning” at the ballot box still gets US more leftism. No extreme vetting. Can’t defund sanctuary cities, EPA, PP, PBS, Arts & croissants. A bright spot appears to be Gorsuch. Here’s hoping he doesn’t Roberts us.
More winning on the horizon as the fringe party goes even further extremist...
‘Former Dem Congressman: Democrats Are Leaving the Party Over Extreme Abortion Views’
They assumed that if you are black, you’ll vote democrat.
The problem is that they didn’t turn out to cast a ballot for an aging, rich, entitled white woman.
Now just wait a minute! We all know that the Russians hacked all cell phones in America and sent anti Hillary messages to voters every time they used their phones. Those Russians did it by these mind altering messages. Hillary never had a chance.
Question: Does Trump really need money from Congress to build the wall?
Trump voters are racist? Ha! How many voted for obama because he was black? Many of them didn’t show up for hillary because she was white.
Years ago when the early criticism of the press was starting I spoke to a newspaper editor about why he thought it was happening. His response was funny - he thought the press was losing credibility because too many spelling and punctuation errors were getting into the paper. In short ‘proof reading’... Clueless.
Democrats are at the same stage of awareness...
Your tag is perfect for that picture... great job Mike.
lol! This study still does nothing to explain how they lost 1000+ seats, which is a YUGE part of their problem.
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