This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think part of the reason we lost is that Hillary was pushed too far to the left. She is, at heart, a centrist. The so called “professional left” never bought into her as a super progressive. Many of them probably stayed home or voted third party and she lost the more conservative blue collar D vote.

As much as we might not want to hear it, this is still a fairly conservative country. You only have to look at the state governments, and the turn out in mid term elections.

We have made a lot of progress over the last 8 years, but apparently it was not enough, or not fast enough for some. Incrementalism is dead.

Again, I reiterate; this is only one small part of the reason but I think being authentic and true to your self is always best.

To those who believe Bernie would have won, I just don’t see that happening. I think a Trump victory was in the cards after the republican party could not/would not stop him.

If there is one main entity to blame here, it belongs to the republican party. But fracturing of the Dems did not help.