It was the highest 3rd party vote in, what, 20 years?
She got more votes from Bernie voters than Trump got from Gary Johnson voters. She lost because she didn’t appeal to specific voters in specific states, and the US has a shit democracy that she didn’t correctly strategize for.
Those things are also correct.
My point is not “HILLARY COULD HAVE WON” it was “Pretty clearly, despite widespread discontent on the left and the resulting action of witholding votes to either not vote, write-in, or give to the Green/Libertarian Parties, the DNC did not take losing to a right-wing candidate as proof that they needed to move left in any appreciable way”.
It was the highest 3rd party vote in, what, 20 years?
Those things are also correct.
My point is not “HILLARY COULD HAVE WON” it was “Pretty clearly, despite widespread discontent on the left and the resulting action of witholding votes to either not vote, write-in, or give to the Green/Libertarian Parties, the DNC did not take losing to a right-wing candidate as proof that they needed to move left in any appreciable way”.