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In reply to the discussion: Democrats say they now know exactly why Clinton lost [View all]ismnotwasm
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As it doesn't say WHY particular groups Defected or didn't turn out. People, yes, even focus groups and strategiest-- do not understand the psychology of sexism or racism, and tend to de-value it in data. Voting for Obama does not make someone free from racism anymore than voting for Hillary frees one from sexism. There were other factors of course.
Improving the party message to reach out to the disaffected is fine. Chasing the votes of racist pricks is not--and it won't work as long as Trumps Keeps doing what he's doing, which is essentially creating an enormous cult following. I notice that individual Democrats are chasing some of Sanders platform, as he DID energize certain groups. Perhaps this data explains why.
Still, the data says turnout was less of a problem for Clinton than defections were. Even the oft-predicted surge of new voters backing Trump was more myth than reality: Global Strategy Group's presentation included a study about Ohio, conducted by Catalist, that found Clinton actually won a majority of new voters in the state. (Global Strategy Group examined North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Nevada as part of its analysis)