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That's a fair statement. It's not so much complaining though, as just an observation of reality.
And I do agree that Democrats need to get better at promoting themselves.
But American voters cannot be absolved of responsibility. Especially not in an election like what we just experienced. This election wasn't confusing. It wasn't two candidates neck and neck in terms of being solid or bad. One candidate was WAY, WAY, SUPER, INCREDIBLY worse than the other and we already had a test run with him to prove it. We had a debate where he made a fool of himself talking about immigrants eating people's pets and admitting he only had concepts of plans.
For the American public to go with that guy anyway....well, that's a damning condemnation of American voters.
The focus should be forcing Democrats to get better at messaging. But the American voter's failure CANNOT be ignored. If we keep placing all the blame on Democrats, without acknowledging the general public's failure, then we're simply ignoring the TRUE issue. The true issue being that we're a complacent, lazy society that does not vote responsibly, regardless of what the parties themselves are doing or not doing.