Trump turned out very similar numbers to the previous three Republican candidates. 62m for Bush, 59 for McCain, 61 for Romney, 60 for Trump.

We ain’t talking about the “idiots” the racists or the misogynists when we look the drop off from Obama to Clinton, those votes ALWAYS go Republican because as we all know, they…

I based my comment on this, from fivethirtyeight:

This is an incredibly valid point. The sheer hubris behind the (DNC and Clinton) thinking that everyone would get on board when they KNEW how her baggage played to the voters. Even if it was mostly manufactured lies and OUTRAGE over political business-as-usual. The problem with the latter is, we’re sick of it and the…

The notion that Bernie Bros caused her to lose is an unprovable straw-man.

Because human nature is to get defensive and double down on bad behavior when getting yelled at, regardless if what you are doing is legitimately dangerous. And the constant undermining and lack of support from the Bernie Bros was exactly as dangerous as predicted. We needed party unity and enthusiasm after the…

Yes, but the key phrase there is “in raw numbers”. As a percentage of eligible voters turnout was down.

True, but there are more registered voters now than there was in 2008 or 2012. As a percentage of total possible voters turnout was down this year.

IMO the Democrats got crushed for several reasons:

Exactly what else did you want him to do? He told his followers to vote for Clinton. He told them it would be a mistake to cast a protest vote. He actively campaigned for Hillary Clinton. So for his efforts, you want to kick him out of office?

oh...you mean CAMPAIGNING FOR HER FOR MONTHS??

all of the Bernie supporters who started the cycle of Hillary hate

I’m not a Berner but he REALLY tried. I really can’t understand HOW you could be all for his campaign, then look at HRC’s only slightly different campaign and say “NOPE!”

Blame everyone except the loser.

This is no time to start burning bridges. Sanders did his part and campaigned for Clinton and can’t be held responsible for the dead enders who can’t tell a progressive populist from a fascist one. Much as it smarts now we are going to have to build a winning coalition between Clinton supporters, Obama supporters,…

The Slot was always pro-Hillary. It was mainline Gawker before the shutdown that was anti-Hillary.

Sorry to break this to you, but Clinton was already by far the least liked democrat before progressives spoke a word about her this cycle.

This is bullshit. Fact-based criticism of any candidate is legitimate.

Clinton and her campaign were responsible for their own great campaigning during the primaries, and they won. Clinton and her campaign were also responsible for their own campaigning during the general.

Take Jill Stein out of the equation, Hillary takes Michigan and Wisconsin but still loses. This is on:

Hillary would have lost even if all 3rd party voters had voted for her. Majority of white voters voting Trump and the gutting of the of the Voting Rights Act, that probably took away votes that she could have used to swing a couple states, is the reason.