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In reply to the discussion: This is some bitter truth.. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)That's why she lost, pundits have said.
The complaint against the Dems in the last election, I've read, is that they lost touch with the middle class, instead focusing on other areas. The middle class includes people of color, but they have overlapping issues with the other areas the Dems were focusing on, maybe.
I'm no expert, so I don't know why Hillary lost. Just saying what I read.
I can say that I haven't heard much concern over the loss of jobs of the middle class since the passing of NAFTA. There's been some talk, but not much. So there was this anger about that, apparently. At least, that's what they say resulted in a Trump win (unfortunately).
There has been a lot of talk and concern over the issues that are particular to people of color, from the Dems, over the years. Voter rights, voter ID laws, gerrymandering, immigration, Social Security and Medicare, the ACA, gay rights and marriage, refugees. That's what I've been hearing for years.