2016 Postmortem

Secondly, it's not just word counts. Clinton's message was heavily focused on economic justice and the narrative to the contrary is simply false.

That some actually claim she focused too much on "transgender bathrooms" is beyond absurd. Those folks have created an alternate reality in the same way Trump supporters have. They simply weren't observing the same campaign the rest of us were.

It was cultural and not economic, as Grossman wrote. Clinton won among the working class overall. A segment of *white* working class voters, bearing in mind the white backlash that's been building for the last 8 years, has a different set of priorities. Gee, I wonder why.

The urban vs. rural divide is growing, as well.

You know who won by a wider margin than Trump? Major proponents of the TPP and opponents of Wall Street reform. The incumbent re-election rate was even higher than normal, which is saying a lot given how high it typically is.