2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Bernie thinks the only way to win is to win white working class voters at the expense of [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,389 posts)He couched his comments at the very start by admitting that there were other reasons for the loss. So he is saying that its not ONLY based on class.
We can get all the AA votes, all the LGBT votes we can, we probably had 99% of those. But it doesn't negate the reality that we also need to convince a good portion of the white working classes to vote Democrat as well. That is all he is saying.
The Hillary campaign did not pay enough attention to this phenomenon. One that started long before this election. That there is simmering rage still at her husband who signed NAFTA. And she did nothing to discredit that decision.
Did Trump exploit this with a lie that he could bring all their jobs back? Of course. But how was this countered?
I am sick of this systematic blaming Bernie for Hillary and her team failing to understand this simmering anger that Bernie was talking about all his campaign.