Bill,
That's number of counties who voted twice for Barack Obama and then for Donald Trump, and the number of newly elected members of Congress from districts that Trump carried. The reality here is as plain as the smile Ronna McDaniel Romney's face at the prospect of branding Democrats as a bunch of raving socialists; Medicare for all! Free College tuition! Get rid of the billionaires! I may favor a lot more government involvement in public life than you, but I think Margaret Thatcher had one thing right when she said, "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Mrs Butcher and I had a serious conversation over whether we could really bring ourselves to vote for Bernie or Warren. Most likely yes but only with deep sadness and foreboding. We are a center-left/right country. The Democratic party is a diverse and fractious coalition. Moderates make up a majority of the electorate. Democratic primary voters ignore that reality at their peril.
Eli
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