“it has nothing to do with bigotry”
And that is precisely why the left is going to lose — they are not fighting the same war we are. We are fighting liberalism and they are fighting race.
While they only see this as a “black/white” thing, it really boils down to a “right/left” thing.
The left candidate is simply too risky!
He is too liberal, which when they ran Bill Clinton wasn’t the same problem (oh he was liberal, but not a flame’n socialist by his own admission during an unscripted moment) — now they have chosen “the” most liberal candidate ever and then try to blame his defeat on bigotry — that is just plain ignorant.
Racism is used as a tool by them to disguise socialism.