Great take
by Dan Balz on the unfortunate outcome of this year’s presidential election.
Quick takeaway:
“Democrats
ought not to believe that their problems have been caused primarily by the
actions of a foreign government. There’s too much other evidence that they have
lost touch with parts of the electorate and will need to take stock as they
begin to try to regain ground.
“As much as
anything, the 2016 election highlighted the degree to which Democrats have lost
favor among voters in rural and small-town America. Heading toward Election
Day, Democrats dismissed the possibility that there were enough white,
working-class voters in these nonurban areas to overcome their advantages with
African Americans, Latinos, unmarried women and highly educated voters.
“The
election proved them wrong.”
Meanwhile,
Clinton and her campaign prefer to blame their loss entirely on the Russians,
James Comey, the headwinds of a change-oriented electorate, etc., etc., rather
than taking any responsibility for the weaknesses of their candidate and
overall strategy. I admit to having had somewhat mixed feelings about the Trump
nomination, feeling that he was one candidate that Hillary could actually beat.
Not that I’m bitter or anything.
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