Truth to this. If as many of the voters came out for Hillary as they did for Obama, Trump would have lost.
That is my fear in the next election. Both sides are riled up but there are more democrats than republicans. Hopefully, Trump has done enough to show how crazy they are so that some "moderates" will actually switch instead of vote by party lines (or at least not come out to vote again).
Yes. The myth of DJT being swept into office in 2016 by a "Populist Tide" of disgruntled/marginalized white men is just that (a myth), he won because of low turnout among Obama voters who don't normally vote.
I think the GOP is much better at getting the base behind their single candidate (and unlike 2016 they already have their guy). Dems fall in love with their candidate during primary season then get all fussy about it when someone else wins the nomination and you end up with a fractured or disinterested base come the general election. This cost them the election in 2016 and I think it will cost them again in 2020.
The public-facing narrative of the Democratic party this election season is being driven by a few thousand vocal Wokesters on Twitter who voted for AOC. I think the bulk of the Dem base is older and more moderate like the Hulkotron and is turned off by all this Lefticism. I foresee a fairly easy re-election for DJT unless there's some real meat to this impeachment business (doesn't seem like there is).
