Frank Luntz recently reached out to people on Twitter, asking for help diagnosing the Democratic Party. Where did they go wrong? How did they lose so big?
Luntz promised to retweet the best answers. Here’s what he got:
Democrats could probably get a more accurate postmortem via Twitter than by consulting their “experts” again.https://t.co/5br6gKEQ5h
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 15, 2016
All snark aside, why do you think Hillary Clinton lost the election? #DemAutopsy
I’ll retweet the best answers…
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 16, 2016
@FrankLuntz Took the industrial heartlands for granted. Not enough campaign resources devoted to them.
— John O'Shea (@politicalhackuk) December 16, 2016
@FrankLuntz They ignored intel from states like Michigan– and from the DNC. (Gore did the same in 2000)
So, excessive hubris in Brooklyn.
— Chris McCoy (@chrisamccoy) December 16, 2016
@FrankLuntz ignoring Michigan and Wisconsin. Assuming those were locks. Where was her ground game?
— Jacob of Osage (@jkeith1980) December 16, 2016
@FrankLuntz Her ground-game became too confident; too early. Started playing for states like AZ when she should have been in the rust belt.
— Jon McNeil (@megajon) December 16, 2016
@FrankLuntz She didn't campaign in rural areas through the rust belt, in terms of both message and campaign stops. Focused on base.
— Blaine (@Blaine_City) December 16, 2016
@FrankLuntz …The campaign relied on “objective” polls, voter modeling, and the views of those in Brooklyn and D.C.
So, tone deaf.
— Chris McCoy (@chrisamccoy) December 16, 2016
@FrankLuntz Too much about Trump, not enough talk on serious policy. As a Hillary supporter I was bothered.
— julieverive (@julieverive) December 16, 2016
@FrankLuntz Hillary had no positive message. She ran as "not-Trump" and people wanted someone to vote for. Only 9% of her ads were policy.
— Jimmy McGiggin (@JimmyMcGiggin) December 16, 2016
@FrankLuntz because America wanted change. She seemed like more of the same – and we're tired of it!
— Alkaline Bro (@DrJerryTFM) December 16, 2016
Very interesting answers. What do you think?
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