Angelyn
Female
It's not an excuse. It is something that third party voters are concerned about also. If the Democrats had someone of FDR caliber, they'd win.
Contrary to what some people may think, a giant like FDR didn't actually win that much. He got like 55-60% in his four elections. But his support was all over the country. FDR got over 400 electoral votes every time.
Doing 60% for FDR basically means that 40% Republicans stayed Republicans. 40% Democrats voted Democrat. And the people in the middle - including people who would have voted third party - all went for FDR.
There is no way Hillary Clinton can match FDR and get 400 Electoral votes even though she garnered more votes than Trump. Ditto for Warren who is Hillary-lite. Of the current bunch, I think only Biden has reasonable support all over the country sufficient to squeak past 270 in the electoral college. If he runs a dignified, moderate campaign, he can come from behind and pull off a Truman.
Of course some stupid-ass Democrats are going to say, but Biden is no match for Trump's aggression, name calling and insults. We need someone smarter and more aggressive. But why are you even trying to match Trump in childish tactics? As a teacher I never try to match my students in immaturity games.
Being moderate is not going to make diehard Republicans vote for you. You just need to get enough of the people in the middle to say, this is a guy we can get behind, and that's how you get elected. Ugly name calling - such as me being called a Nazi for voting Green - will not get people to support your candidate.
