After 8 years of Bush liberal base was super motivated and turnout was near 70 million. After 8 years of Obama conservative base was also super motivated but actually declined in votes to under 60 million. Plus they are shrinking and we are growing. The math is clear: we have more when motivated. We need less Bruce Banner levels of motivation and more Hulk!
In my opinion, we lost because the base didn’t care. I volunteered at NYC HRC HQ and I didn’t see many working people who cared enough to volunteer. While I phone banked on election day only 1 person in room spoke Spanish! Get out the vote canvassers were all middle class liberals. We don’t need another election about whether you should be PC or not. We need an election about getting healthcare, education.etc. Working people in Iowa don’t care about being PC when there are no jobs.
If we can get someone who can speak to the issues and get people pumped we can get our 70 million out. And we will win and win and win. Hulk it out!