Newsflash: BLAMING THE VOTERS WON’T DO A FUCKING THING.
The fact of the matter is, between the voters and the Democratic Party, it’s the Democratic Party who must change. The voters won’t. Got that? THE VOTERS WILL NOT CHANGE FOR YOU. THEY WILL NOT MOVE FOR YOU. THEY WILL NOT COME TO YOU. YOU MUST GO TO THEM.
People vote for a candidate because they like them, not because they don’t want to let the candidate down. They voted for Hillary Clinton because they either a) liked her experience/policies/leadership qualities/etc, or b) disliked Trump’s more. That’s it. End of story.
If you’re mad because voters stayed home, go ask them out why they stayed home, and fix it so they don’t. If the voters say they don’t like your candidates, CHANGE YOUR CANDIDATES. If they don’t vote for your candidate, it’s because they don’t like your candidate. GO GET SOMEONE THEY LIKE. If voters say they want X in your platform, PUT X IN YOUR PLATFORM. If voters say they want to hear you talk about Y, THEN TALK ABOUT Y.
If voters tell you what they want, DO NOT TELL THEM THEY ARE WRONG. YOU ARE WRONG. This is not rocket surgery. It’s just hard work and the willingness to change. Get it through your heads, or get used to losing.
For fuck’s sake.