So what's next for the Dems if Hillary loses?
US News & World Report - Oct 7, 2016 (1 month prior to the election)
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...emocratic-party-if-clinton-loses-the-election
But here's what no one is talking about – the one awkward subject that will stop a Washington dinner party cold and send guests into stunned silence – and that is, what if Hillary Clinton loses the election? Right now, it looks like the GOP will hold the House, and my U.S. News colleague Joseph Williams wrote recently that there are growing predictions Republicans will hold the Senate as well. If the Republicans sweep the House, the Senate and the White House, the Democratic Party will implode. Here's why:
First, I've long thought that the anti-establishment wave that hit the right is this year heading for the left. A Clinton loss only accelerates this wave...
Second, if Clinton loses, Democrats will have to do some soul-searching on policy. It's already clear that Democrats are out of step with mainstream Americans on policy and a Clinton loss will jolt the party into confronting it...
Third, a Clinton loss means millennial voters will abandon the party en masse. Current polls show many of them are unethusiastic about Clinton's candidacy, and turnout may not be what it was four years ago...
The final, and most important, reason the Democrats are in trouble if Clinton loses (and even if she wins, really) is the lack of future Democractic candidates... The Democrats don't have nearly as many potential candidates in the pipeline as Republicans do – a huge problem for the long-term health of the party.
US News & World Report - Oct 7, 2016 (1 month prior to the election)
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...emocratic-party-if-clinton-loses-the-election
But here's what no one is talking about – the one awkward subject that will stop a Washington dinner party cold and send guests into stunned silence – and that is, what if Hillary Clinton loses the election? Right now, it looks like the GOP will hold the House, and my U.S. News colleague Joseph Williams wrote recently that there are growing predictions Republicans will hold the Senate as well. If the Republicans sweep the House, the Senate and the White House, the Democratic Party will implode. Here's why:
First, I've long thought that the anti-establishment wave that hit the right is this year heading for the left. A Clinton loss only accelerates this wave...
Second, if Clinton loses, Democrats will have to do some soul-searching on policy. It's already clear that Democrats are out of step with mainstream Americans on policy and a Clinton loss will jolt the party into confronting it...
Third, a Clinton loss means millennial voters will abandon the party en masse. Current polls show many of them are unethusiastic about Clinton's candidacy, and turnout may not be what it was four years ago...
The final, and most important, reason the Democrats are in trouble if Clinton loses (and even if she wins, really) is the lack of future Democractic candidates... The Democrats don't have nearly as many potential candidates in the pipeline as Republicans do – a huge problem for the long-term health of the party.