strange seeing so many people outright ignore this and pretend it isn't one of the major issues facing America (and one that has been around since its founding). People gladly chose to shoot themselves in the face, vote to potentially lose their healthcare, to vote for a racist man that loves to "grab them by the pussy."
I don't think anyone outright ignores it. Many just understand politics is a game of fine margins. Many voters from the day they can vote till the day they will die will vote one way and that's it. Whether their parents told them that's the way the family votes or they decided fully themselves and never change.
Elections aren't won 85% to 15%. It's routinely a game of 5~15%. Within that the biggest casualty is often stay at home voters who decide to join in once, then never again, or sporadically (Obama picked up voters who apparently decided to stay at home this time). You're not trying to convince 80% of your country to vote your way, but often a very small majority that end up causing elections to tip one way or the other. As people need to stop pretending the pendulum doesn't swing. Dems win sometimes, Republicans win other times. It's been the same in the UK with Labour/Conservatives, although right now we are in a rut where the Conservatives keep winning. It seems clear you guys don't want a 2nd Republicans term, so yeah, work needs to be done and wisely. Part of which is not framing your arguments like you're literally trying to convince 50% of America and all those damn racists and fundamentalist Christians to also go Dem. They aren't going Dem. They'll never go Dem. It doesn't matter who the Republicans leader is for them it's a tick in that box regardless. It's like supporting a football (soccer) team, you don't stop for a while because your manager is shit, you keep supporting. That's how it is for some. It didn't matter fuck all Trump was the leader, it's about supporting Republicans till they die, end of. Clinton or other commentators going on about how terrible Trump is and how can anyone vote for him are missing the point with these set in stone voters, and Trump, due to how terrible a candidate he was, proved that. Hardline Republicans vote Republican. Even if you wheel out a trash campaign leader.
The youth is ALWAYS a good area for a left leaning party to focus on. There's one objective for the Dems for 2020. Corbyn was a leader that resonated well with the youth, and while it wasn't quite enough there in our snap election, they did do damage to May and take her majority win away. Out of everyone who can be convinced to either get off their asses and go out and vote, or MAYBE change sides, it's the youth. Clinton was pretty mediocre with the youth from what I seen. They still went out and supported her over Trump by a fair margin but I think someone else can engage them better than her.
