2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There's no good reason to anathematize Bernie and his supporters. [View all]progressoid
(50,084 posts)That's a loss of 5 and 6% respectively of a demographic that was routinely vilified by Trump. That's fucked up.
Sure, we can blame White males. And based on their rhetoric and actions that seems reasonable.
But consider this. Trump got 62 % of the White male vote.
Romney also got 62% of the white male vote.
I suspect that many white males who voted for Romney didn't vote for Trump. But the crazy white males came out of the woodwork to fill in that void.
I'm not suggesting that any particular demographic is to blame. I think there are a number of problems that plagued this election for us. Some of our own doing and some outside of our control.
This election should have been a rout for us. It shouldn't have even been close. Can you imagine how bad it would have been if they had actually run a competent candidate? America has turned a corner into a dark era and it's fucking scary.