2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What lessons do YOU take from the results? [View all]metroins
(2,550 posts)You cannot win without campaigning on free stuff.
Whether it will actually go through or not, you need to campaign that you'll lower taxes, bring jobs, save people money and help them out....all without adding to the deficit.
You also cannot ignore, the majority of Americans do not like illegal immigration. It's just a fact. People don't mind immigration reform, but they do not like the law being broke. There are not enough college kids and minorities voting to offset Trumps empty promises and his immigration stance.
Hillary was a GREAT candidate.
She campaigned on pragmatic ideas that would pass. She showed the true budget of everything she wanted and Hillary was so qualified for the job, I've never seen anything like it.
However, she didn't lie enough to the public...
You could tell she bombed the rural vote when she told the coal industry they were going to lose jobs. If she had campaigned on bringing jobs back and made more empty promises, this would be different.
I do however blame Comey. The 11 days changed everything and was out of her control.