Yes, I get it... hillary won the popular vote.
Yet she still lost the election, and she did so against a person who was completely unsuitable for the office of president.
Now, would Hillary have won had she actually had policies closer to the political center? Honestly, I don't know... Statistically, people who are moderate have more success during general elections, but exceptions do occur, and presidential elections are relatively rare events.
Her policies were not the problem.
It was a massive demonizing campaign against her, Comey's stupid decisions, Cambridge Analytica's data mining expertise put to use micro-targeting including propaganda aimed at encouraging Obama supporters not to vote, all topped off with Clinton's team's lack of skill modernizing their campaign tactics.
And to keep this on-topic, the point is, focusing only on policies and not on all the other issues of campaigning, including with the social media aspect of modern elections is a losing formula.
Remember when Kennedy out-performed Nixon in the TV debates because he refused make-up and he was sweating while Kennedy looked cool, calm, and collected?
Nixon learned from that and the next time he ran there was
"The Selling of the President".
When are the stupid Democrats going to learn and modernize their campaigns?
More than a few people told me, Obama moved the ball. Sure, he effectively used the internet to raise money. That was the extent of it. His popularity did result in social media users spreading the word, but it wasn't a concerted campaign effort from the top.
Clinton failed miserably to notice that she was being attacked by trolls and bots. They didn't need the FBI to tell them that, they should have noticed it was happening. They could have hired data analyzers to map out the activity. There were (and are) plenty of them around.
So much for Obama moving the ball, Clinton got sacked. And they used a seriously outdated campaign tactic of ignoring attacks on the premise said attacks got more attention if you tried to address them. That is no longer the right tactic.
And raising money via email, OMG, I'm bombarded with so many requests for money, all using terrible techniques like constant push polls, I bet it's a lot less effective than if they stopped badgering. Bernie is still doing well because his fundraising involves social media, not just emails. Steyer's money raising is doing well because he started with the impeachment focus and TV ads.
Most of the Democratic candidates are still floundering, akin to Nixon sweating in front of the TV cameras.
