2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Guardian: Liberals risk becoming a permanent minority in America [View all]NewJeffCT
(56,844 posts)but, winning the popular vote by 3 million despite unprecedented billions in free media coverage for Trump, voter suppression, James Comey, Russian hacking, the low standards Trump was held to, while Clinton was held to a much higher standard, etc. does not mean liberals are going to be a minority for a generation. The minority vote is going to continue to increase, while a lot of those crabby and angry white voters are going to be dying of old age.
That said, Democrats really need to retool and rebuild at the state level - and, not just in red, pink and purple states. In every state. All 50 states. (Democrats lost ground at the state level in my blue state of Connecticut and now the state senate is a tie after being under Democratic control for years.. outside groups poured big money into CT state races, all to benefits Republicans.) The country isn't that red where Republicans should be controlling 37 state legislatures.
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