# Re the 2016 POTUS election 5 months later are there any "lessons" for the Dems going forward?

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**Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-2016-potus-election-5-months-later-are-there-any-lessons-for-the-dems-going-forward/784510/8 "2017-04-15T20:26:09Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> “Entitled” and “baggage-laden” obviously aren’t the reasons why Clinton lost, given who beat her, and even if a non-“political warhorse” could have gotten elected, you don’t actually want that.

Trump didn’t beat her. He won on a technicality.

Carry on.

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