Things Clinton Democrats don't seem to get

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A lot of Democratic voters (emphasis on "voters" - I'm not knocking Hillary Clinton on this) have shown a lot of disdain toward religious, white, and rural voters for many years.  I think that's a big elephant in the room that people are either too afraid or apathetic to talk about.

Democrats don't need to embrace anti-LGBT or pro-life policies or anything like that to appeal to those people (and when they try pandering in that way, they usually end up getting their butts kicked anyway).  But let's not kid ourselves that the cultural elitism of the left is any less destructive and alienating as the cultural elitism of the right.  Institutionalized racism needs to be acknowledged, as does homophobia and sexism - and yes, progressives should do everything they can to bury these things while promoting their economic agenda, but we don't need to alienate and paint people with a broad brush when that is exactly the kind of thing we should be taking a stand against.  I think the Sanders campaign serves as a great example of this.

Most working-class whites are not like Santander.  I refuse to believe that or accept it as part of left-wing orthodoxy.