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(17,493 posts)The problem is that she connected with the voters who live in large urban areas. There is a LOT of voters in the large urban areas which is why she won the popular vote. Unfortunately she needed to connect with more rural voters in certain critical states. If she had she would have won the electoral college.
Of course there are a lot of reasons for why Hillary lost. It's hard for me to believe that voters would vote for a total asshole like Trump. Near the end of the election I was convinced he really had no interest in winning and was doing his honest best to sabotage his own campaign.
While many people will disagree with me I will suggest one idea that might make a difference in gaining rural votes for Democrats in future election. Simply stop the push for gun bans and limits on the amount of rounds that a magazine can hold. Push to improve background checks and better enforce existing laws. There are at least 80,000,000 gun owners in this nation and many firmly believe the Democratic Party wants to pass gun legislation similar to that which exists in Great Britain. A high percentage of gun owners are one issue voters and they show up to vote at the polls. If we could convince even 10% of these one issue voters to once again consider voting for Democratic candidates we might win many close elections at the local, state and national levels.