Trump Slams Allies in favor of Putin (again)...

[Dill]

(07-17-2018, 01:26 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The movement of the party to the center is what has made voters less excited. The abandonment of the ideals from FDR, looking out for the lower and middle classes in a meaningful way, is what has moved the party to the center. Being more of a friend to corporations than the workers. It's what allowed Trump to capitalize on things the way he did.

Clinton was pretty solidly center, not center-left, and it did cost her a lot of votes. Not just to other candidates, but votes that stayed at home, as well.

I agree with this too. Not "center-left."  Her real base was the unenthusiastic center, also the people who would stay home if there was too much uncertainty about her--emails, DNC favoritivism, etc.

The mystery though is still why those stay-at-homes would not see the problem with a Trump win. Perhaps they assumed Hillary could not lose--how could a racist/misogynist win?--and did feel strongly enough about her to endorse her.  If they really could not decide between her and Trump, that suggests a long term problem that goes much deeper than either candidate and one election.