Your post is an example of that Democrats have still not learned the lesson of the loss. The Democratic party needs to look forward with new messaging, not dig back into the past.
2018 MidTerm Trends
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Your post is an example of that Democrats have still not learned the lesson of the loss. The Democratic party needs to look forward with new messaging, not dig back into the past.
I never said Democrats should not look for good messaging, I am pointing out that running against someone or something was the winning message for Republicans since 2008 and Democrats should follow that instead of trying to run on policy again which is what they did in 2016.
Trump will likely be less popular than he was in Nov 2016 and likely to get fewer votes than he did in 2016. We only needed 79,000 more votes to win The EC.If Hillary could come that close with her unpopularity and barely campaigning anybody should do better.
Harris-Heinrich 2020!
However in the 2018 election for control of Congress the Democratic party is significantly behind. Don't confuse the 2018 election with the presidential election - two very different creatures.
Hillary did not run on policy in 2016. She ran on identity politics with no message that appealed broadly to American voters.
Agreed.I stated this on the first page.
You must be kidding, her website was filled with policy pages and all of her speeches on policy was ignored. Citation - http://theconversation.com/harvard-...bsent-in-presidential-campaign-coverage-65731
Her policy proposals were too wonky to be covered by the media while 'build the wall' and 'china is killing us' somehow were equivalent to detailed proposals like the public option or her college plan
giggle.
I think Heinrich would be better leading the ticket and that would be a very strong ticket.I like Gavin Newsom the most but I know he wont be ready to run in 2020.I think Sherrod Brown,Al Franken ,Martin Heinrich,Elizabeth Warren would be good choices for the top of the ticket and Kamala Harris,Jeff Merkley,Kristen Gillibrand would be good choices for vp.I like Sherrod Brown the most right now because he is progressive,appeals to the working class and will very likely win Ohio along with the rest of the blue wall states.
I think others like Cuomo,Biden,McAuliffe and few others could beat Trump.All one has to do is do a little bit better than Hillary.
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