Exit polls suggest voters overwhelmingly supported abortion rights, and Trump won in a landslide anyway. It's time for Democrats to take a long hard look in the mirror.
Thank you for this insightful analysis. I agree that it's necessary for Democrats and their supporters to take a hard look at what went wrong. I would like to gently push back on one point: You write that Democrats need to figure out how to "connect with working class voters". Let's go a few steps further and make this a more direct call to action: Let's start listening to what working class voters need, be respond to it, and champion it. If I take one thing away from this election it is that Democrats fundamentally didn't understand what a key part of the American people needed.
I've been avoiding these post mortem articles for my own sanity, but I look forward to your voice and always appreciate your perspective on things. I honestly feel like the lesson here is not one for us Democrats to learn, but one we need to accept as citizens of this country. What happened Tuesday was the classic home cooking of misogyny,misogynoir, racism, and ignorance. I don't think you need to look any further than the fact that the GOP run that same menu (with less coherence & more hate) and won. I don't want to veer off any more Into venting than I already have, but I think the discussions of what happened needs to start with what this country is..or,more fittingly, isn't.
Thank you for this insightful analysis. I agree that it's necessary for Democrats and their supporters to take a hard look at what went wrong. I would like to gently push back on one point: You write that Democrats need to figure out how to "connect with working class voters". Let's go a few steps further and make this a more direct call to action: Let's start listening to what working class voters need, be respond to it, and champion it. If I take one thing away from this election it is that Democrats fundamentally didn't understand what a key part of the American people needed.
Agreed fully! Thank you for the thoughtful feedback.
I've been avoiding these post mortem articles for my own sanity, but I look forward to your voice and always appreciate your perspective on things. I honestly feel like the lesson here is not one for us Democrats to learn, but one we need to accept as citizens of this country. What happened Tuesday was the classic home cooking of misogyny,misogynoir, racism, and ignorance. I don't think you need to look any further than the fact that the GOP run that same menu (with less coherence & more hate) and won. I don't want to veer off any more Into venting than I already have, but I think the discussions of what happened needs to start with what this country is..or,more fittingly, isn't.
This commentary was much better than what’s on the NYT.
Thanks.
Scary though because unsure solution exists - when they got the media.