Please stop with this b***shit that the Democrats are out of touch with the voting population

[WilliamH1474]

142. I think this is the wrong approach.

I really don't mean this to be offensive but I feel like it should be said.

If we keep saying "we did nothing wrong" or blaming the Russians for everything then we will not get to the core of why we lost.

I think an in depth analysis is needed, and when a problem is identified it should be addressed and not dismissed.

I heard a week or two ago, that Trump won like 2,600 counties compared to Hillary's 500 (can't remember the exact number but it was close to that) AND he won 220 counties that President Obama won in 2012.

There is a serious problem when you are not resonating with that much of America. We have to find a way, to get jobs back or create meaningful employment for the folks who are living in rural America. While many of you may want to write them off, or call them names the fact's are that the electoral college is not going away, and we have to start talking to people again.

I personally saw just how unappealing Hillary's economic message was to the regular person (this is not my opinion at all, simply what I witnessed with my own eyes). I was having lunch in Mcdonalds which was filled with a solid mix of people of all ages and races. The TV was on and playing CNN, and there were a lot of people watching. They started airing her speech live, and I was pretty excited (and actually stayed 30 mins after I was done eating to hear it). I was pretty enthralled with the speech and enjoying listening, when I noticed something. Every single person who was watching TV and eating, had gone to playing on their phones or had left. There was one African American lady, who was sitting directly in front of the TV and who had been watching it until the speech came on. She was sitting there reading her food recipient and continued to do so, until she was bored with that and got her phone out to text or something.

I was the only one paying attention, and I realized right then, there was going to be a problem.

I live in an neighborhood that had 90% Obama signs out last election.. This time there was only one person in the entire area who had a Hillary sticker on their car. It seemed like no matter where I went, there were nothing but Dumbf signs up, and it did not matter where you went, poor or rich or middle income. They had stickers, they had signs and they had enthusiasm.

I know it will be hard to do, but we have to find someone to run who get's folks as excited as President Obama did.

Just my .2 I hope it does not offend anyone