To win the presidency the Dems need to win many more votes that the competing Republicans:
Dem Nominee |
Popular Vote |
ElectorAL ColleGe |
Gore |
50,999,897 (+0.5 M) |
Loss |
Kerry |
59,028,444 (-3.0 M) |
Loss |
Obama |
69,498,516 (+9.5 M) |
Win |
Obama |
65,915,796 (+5.0 M) |
Win |
H.R. Clinton |
~59,814,018 votes (+0.2 M) |
Loss |
Source: en.wikipedia.org/...
The republicans got their voters to the polls, Gore, Kerry, and Hillary couldn’t pass the electoral college map which favors the Republicans.
As an immigrant who arrived in the US on Nov 9, 2000, volunteered for Obama in Iowa in 2008, and cast his first vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016, I’m disappointed in many ways.
But the math is simple, the Dems need inspiration, rather than managers or machination.