Originally Posted by perotista
I voted third party, against both Trump and Clinton. 6% of all Americans voted against both major party candidates, that included 12% of all independents. Some 9 million voters.

There's a lesson there to be learned. Candidates matter. Especially to independents. History has shown that those who identify with the two major parties will vote for their party's candidate 90% of the time regardless of who that candidates is, how good or how bad. In close elections, it's independents who decide the outcome, it how they perceive the two major party candidates. In 2016 independents, 57% of them didn't like Trump, but 70% didn't like Hillary with 54% not wanting either one to become the next president.

I think any Democrat other than Hillary in 2016 would have trounced Trump. I think Hillary would have easily won if she hadn't been so lazy, had a better campaign strategy, hadn't hid from the media, hadn't ceded the campaign trail to Trump, 2016 was her's to lose and lose it she did.

Biggest mistake she made wasn't switching gears from the primary to the general. In the primary, she just had to mouth platitudes and let the machine deal with Sanders.

Problem is, she kept doing that in the primary. "Stronger Together" isn't a policy statement. She should have been mocking Trump regularly. The only way to beat a populist with a following is to make them look weak.

What can we do to help you stop screaming?