May 2016 Metathread

I would love an explanation and some thought from both sides regarding the DNC's strategy and management of the primaries. Specifically, I am confused why they have done so much to alienate a significant part of their base when they could have had this in the bag. This presidential election could have been such an easy win with Trump as an opponent.

With such a controversial candidate that is hated by a significant number of Republicans, Trump was a sure loser if the Dems were unified. But the way the Dems have handled the Bernie campaign and its supporters, the party is going to lose a lot of votes.

I understand Hillary is not liked by most Republicans and by a lot of Dems, but I feel like a lot of that hatred has grown from her campaign tactics and the DNC's blatant bias.

I would have figured that once Hillary won New York, the party would have made every effort to unify the party but their bias seems to continue and it's just poor strategy. If the DNC was more strategic, they could have prevented a lot of lost votes.

With the way the DNC has handled things, I feel like all the dissent in the GOP is going to be balanced out by the dissent within the Dems and this could end badly for the party.

I personally think the party needs to learn its lesson, either with a coup by a candidate like Bernie, or by a loss to an Republican. Both parties seem to be dealing with the same establishment corruption and Trump/Bernie supporters are those that are fed up with their respective parties.

My biggest fear is that in the next election, the DNC will just try to pander to the progressives by parading a psuedo-progressive establishment presidential or V.P. candidate and the progressive movement could fade.

Despite your opinion of candidates, surely most would agree that the DNC has worked hard to prevent Bernie from winning and the GOP was worked hard to do the same to Trump. I am just curious why the DNC has done nothing to protect party unity if they are so afraid of Trump.

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