11-17-2016, 06:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-17-2016, 06:50 PM by Eric the Green.)
The main hope for Democrats in the future, is to have a candidate more appealing to the Obama coalition, and less-vulnerable to phony scandals, so they come out and vote; plus defeat, if possible, in the courts the Republican voter suppression of that coalition. Plus, to emphasize more the true populist message of taking wealth away from the tycoons and oligarchs and encouraging jobs to return and returning benefits to the people so the middle class can rise again, everywhere. And hope that at least a relatively few Trump voters respond to this message and return to the Democratic fold, or stay home; with all this just enough to swing the upper midwest and rust-belt states narrowly blue again.
And that the Republican candidate has less appeal to the rural folk, who were encouraged both by Trump's prejudices and his promises, depending on which among them they were, so they don't come out and vote as much as they did for Trump. This candidate could possibly be Trump himself in 2020, if he fails to deliver on either or both his prejudices and his promises.
"non-urban areas unifying behind (conservative) positions on almost all social issues." translation = prejudice; and authoritarian; pretty much!
And that the Republican candidate has less appeal to the rural folk, who were encouraged both by Trump's prejudices and his promises, depending on which among them they were, so they don't come out and vote as much as they did for Trump. This candidate could possibly be Trump himself in 2020, if he fails to deliver on either or both his prejudices and his promises.
"non-urban areas unifying behind (conservative) positions on almost all social issues." translation = prejudice; and authoritarian; pretty much!