2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why all the navel gazing and tortured reflection? [View all]Yurovsky
(2,064 posts)You do realize that polling and actual voting are 2 separate things? I'm not saying there was no voter suppression or voting irregularities, but you actually have to prove those things. Just having a "gut feeling" is insufficient proof to have the outcome overturned by the courts.
If this were simply 1 state that might flip the outcome, I'd say go to the mattresses, like in 2000 only 10x harder. But trying to do this simultaneously in multiple states with significant time constraints is simply not going to work out with out hard evidence of the type of outright election fraud and vote theft you believe occurred. I'm not trying to be crush your beliefs, I'm just trying to prevent us from fighting a losing battle and spending millions of dollars and told effort that could be better spent elsewhere.
We have exposure on the Senate side of Congress in 2018. We need to ensure that we protect every seat and also claim the handful of GOP seats that might turn the Senate. That would be a great first step in clipping Trump's wings. Then work on putting forth some new, progressive faces in the 2020 POTUS primaries and recruiting candidates that can flip the House, and we can get America back on track. It's going to take a lot of hard work, not to mention money. I'd rather we stop fighting lost battles - even if you question the outcome's legitimacy - and focus on the fight ahead.
Either that or produce real evidence, not just a statistical model or a few anecdotes. Hillary lost. America, as a result, lost. But let's quit pretending we can get a do-over and go out and kick some ass. I'm done with the recriminations and blame and excuses. I'm getting to work. We all need to, time is a-wasting...
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