Subject: Lessons of 2016 election going forward All criticisms of Clinton as the _cause_ of her loss boil down to that she was not perfect , thus running afoul of the fundamental logical principle that NOBODY is perfect. She was not a bad candidate because she won the majority of the popular vote. There was nothing she could have done differently during the campaign to appeal to that problematic voter rust belt economic victim. She rejected TPP ! Took up all of Bernie's main issues such that he loves the Democratic platform. Most of them are lying that Trump was more trustworthy on economics and jobs . They pretend that Obama has done nothing for them when he saved their a----. Obama won enough of the rural vote to win two national electoral college majorities. The Democratic Party platform has Bernie's fingerprints all over it. We must stay the Democratic Party platform , Obama-led course; it has essential appeal for the only rural proletarians who are open minded. Comey's slanderous innuendo fake news in the middle of voting was the main cause of Clinton's loss out of all factors ; it was the culmination 30 years of Republican and monopoly media fake news smears of Clinton. In other words , the proximate cause of the Democrats's loss was not an error by the Democratic Party. She still won the popular vote , so the Democrats shouldn't change from twice successful Obamaism or their platform that Bernie loves. Demographic trends still favor Democrats. Party must organize mass youth voting machine computer scientist security guards; a youth army who can check voting machines.