Last Election argh

Why am I still hearing people talking in the media about how Trump won because of how he appealed to the white working class or the Democrats lost because they didn't have a coherent economic message? Trump has a core constituency who love him, and it's bigger than I want to admit, but it's still a minority. The Democrats in general do need a more coherent message. But the reason Clinton lost the election is because everyone hates her. I'm convinced that Democrats and moderate leaning independents stayed home in droves because they couldn't make themselves pull the lever for Clinton.

The lesson the Democrats need to take from this election is not to appeal more to their base. It's not to have a more convincing message. It's to not put up a candidate that half the country despises beyond coherent thought and the other half merely doesn't like. Don't let the party hacks put up a candidate because she's "paid her dues" and somehow earned it. Put up a candidate that people actually like and they'll win in a landslide.