2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If I'm trying to change people's minds, I don't insult those people [View all]MineralMan
(146,371 posts)Most of the position and policy information they put out is hedged carefully. Primary elections are not really the time for detailed plans. They're more about general feel and presence, along with determining how well they can acquire funding and followers.
The question very many voters ask is, "Can this candidate win." Important endorsers, especially, think about that question carefully before adding their names to the endorsee list. It's an important question, after all, even though many on DU seem to think otherwise.
Having participated in one way or another in a bunch of presidential elections, that always seems to be the overriding question the party has when selecting a nominee in the years where a Democrat wins the election.
1968 sucked especially badly in that regard. That was a depressing year all around for Democrats. The years that followed were even more depressing. Not our best showing, to say the least.