Jarhyn
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For my own part, I voted for her, but I held my nose while I did it because of her sheer fucking entitlement through the whole process, plus her shitty treatment of the Sanders campaign, like you said. Her utter inability to respect her opponent in a real election (and the DNC's thumb in a great many scales) put a terrible taste in my mouth. All she had to do was treat him like a serious candidate and none of that shit would have happened and she would have won!Hillary got many more votes than Trump. The votes were just in the wrong places. I think that's totally fucking stupid.I think Hillary contributed more to her own defeat than Assange did, but he still played a role.
If I recall correctly, Hillary struggled to connect with voters, and the DNC's tactics against Sanders, along with her downplaying them in the name of "Party Unity," didn't help. Many understandably frustrated individuals chose either to stay home or vote for independent candidates. Her overconfidence and apparent dismissal of Trump as a serious contender gave the impression that she believed her credentials alone would prevent America from voting for him. It also seemed as though she didn't think she needed Sanders' voters to secure her victory either.
Moreover, black and Latino voters didn't support her as strongly as they did Obama or even her husband. There was something about Hillary that people just didn't like. Personally, I never felt she had my back earlier in her political career. In fact, many policies she supported contributed to the increased incarceration of black (and Latino) people. It takes more than fluffy speeches, emotionless eyes & a bloviating TV personality to convince people to let go of grudges. Biden was and remains in a stronger position now due to the actual impact of Trump's presidency. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that even Hillary might have a chance of winning against him now.
That's just my unsupported by any evidence take.