Has it ? We can ' t go 5 seconds without someone blaming Sanders for the loss . Half of us don ' t realize we lost the entirety of Federal government , along with most of the country in gubernatorial races , and while I ' m not sure , probably many state legislatures as well . We ' ve got people in the city ready to forget entirely that there are democrats in the rural areas that would vote , they ' re just tired of being ignored . We refuse to root out corruption within our own party , or at the very least acknowledge it . We seem to want to double down on unpopular positions . Where ' s the call to move away from our antigun stance ? How many voters do we lose to that quagmire ? How about calling , as a party , for absolute maximums to be established on spending for elections , while eliminating PACs ? Pretty sure damn near everyone would support that . We spend without people getting excited about what we ' re spending money on . How about a WPA style effort ? When I talk to people about something like that , reminding them how many people would actually get to work for once out in the country . they want it . America wants to work , to actually be able to talk to their neighbor again . We want to feel good about ourselves . and I don ' t think either party is giving us that . Christ , I think we lost something existential in this election . Some part of our spirit died .