I keep reading that democratic party policies are popular. [View all]

Then why do we keep losing elections? Yes, I know Hillary won the popular vote big time. That's fabulous and something we can build upon. But I don't just mean presidential. I mean congressional, local and state elections in particular.

Personally, I think many liberals come off as self-righteous know-it-alls who talk down to others. No one likes that. It's not persuasive in the least. I think it's time we all do some more soul-searching as to how we come off to people who aren't voting or to people who may even agree with us on policy but vote the other way just to try and get us to shut up for a while.

I'm interested in your opinions. But not in single issue responses like 'the media' or 'money' or 'corporations' because I think it's way deeper than any one issue answer. I think we often come across as smug assholes, lol.