2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I am so SICK AND FUCKING TIRED of everyone armchair quarterbacking Hillary!!!! [View all]AlexSFCA
(6,270 posts)For starters, she could have campaigned in Wisconsin and her message could have been fine tuned with laser sharp focus on jobs in those states. Bernie did better in that regard, he was almost a single issue campaigner.
It was during this election cycle that I realized that Hillary is just not all that great at campaigning compared to Bill, Obama, Reagan and, yes, Trump (better than Bushes and Romneys though).
I do beleive she absolutely could have done better in rust belt states.
Gosh, so many posts discussing the same thing. Let's try to be open minded and accept all possibilities and the fact that Hillary was far from a perfect candidate even if most experienced. Don't fool yourself that you never questioned that she was doing negative campaigning almost exclusively for weeks, doubling down on free media exposure for trump. You literally have to go to her website to find out her proposals instead of hearing it from her. Facts can hurt too.
I love Hillary as a policy expert not as a politician. She didn't lose anything, America did.
P.S. This was NOT a popular vote election but EC election; popular vote had exactly zero relevance in determining the winner.