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Why The New Hampshire Results Are Good
Democrats, always remember: Trump doesn’t have a majority. The only way he can win is if people don’t vote.
Which is why, as Brian Beutler elegantly puts it in a very good piece:
“Trump treats [the 2020 Presidential election] not as a majority-building exercise, but as a campaign of psychological warfare against people who will never vote for him.”
In other words, convinces them — for whatever reason — it’s no use. And some of that messaging already started to hit home after the Iowa fiasco. Might as well give up… But the intriguing result in New Hampshire maybe started to reverse that and set some Democrats back on a road to hope, even if they consider it a faint hope.
While Bernie Sanders won, the field also opened up a little bit. And a few candidates managed to pull off fair-size surprises. Making things at least a little bit more interesting for the first time in a long time. So yeah, we’ll admit maybe we’re not totally excited yet, but we’re into it now more than before, and we’ll watch the next debate for sure.
