2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: President Sanders? Bernie would have beaten Trump [View all]INdemo
(7,020 posts)She stopped the recount in Iowa of which Bernie Sanders was gaining big time. the original Caucus count was a Cluster _____________
Had Bernie Sanders won Iowa ( and he actually did) Hillary Clinton's campaign would have been on the ropes since Bernie Sanders won NH.'
Understand this..I voted for Hillary but many of the union,blue collar workers voted for Trump because they just didn't like Hillary
.Hillary's campaign managers and advisors were made up of no so much professionals but more or less loyalists to Hillary.
She was told to go to the rust belt talk about the Steel Industry and how to stop the cheap Chinese subsidized steel form being imported but Hillary Clinton didn't do that..
Hillary Clinton only began talking about progressive ideas and issues because Bernie Sanders and his campaign forced her to,
Hillary could not turn the corner from Wall St and Goldman Sachs and proclaim that she was progressive,voters just did not buy it.
If voters would have wanted Hillary they would have voted for her 8+ years ago when she ran against a inexperienced,not so popular candidate with Barack Obama. However, Obama's organization,well oiled machine, was something we may never see again.
If Hillary would have had a different campaign organization made up of seasoned professionals she would have won.