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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
In 2016, I think the Dems made a couple of crucial mistakes. First was attacking people supporting Trump and not recognizing that some them were being pushed in that direction, but could still be pulled back. Shaming them instead of showing how the Dems could help them didn't help. It's partly why the MAGA movement gained more steam. It's one of the reasons why I think Andy Beshear is a good asset for the party.
The other was relying too much on polls to dictate their strategy.
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I mean this misses the biggest mistake which was to assume that the blue wall in the midwest was safe, there was essentially zero money or effort put into winning Michigan and Wisconsin.
But I don't think lessons learned or comparisons to a campaign 8 years ago matters. It's a question of what will move the needle the few points necessary this time around to win, one way or another. And I'm not sure what else they can do beyond what they're doing now, yet it doesn't seem to be creating the polling moves I was hoping would be the case two weeks ago. Given that Trump has outperformed polls in the previous two elections this should be making people nervous, yet all I see is cocky "Trump is getting wrecked" bravado, like she's a prohibitive favourite to win. It's a coin flip still, despite a nightmare stretch for the bad guys.