Have they not learned anything from 2000? Why is the onus on voters, instead of those in power and actually communicate with each other, to look at what’s happened in the past? If they know how voters are going to behave, are they not the ones responsible for a Trump presidency?

Also, I’m so done with people who still think Ralph Nader cost Gore the election. The laziest Google search would have removed this argument from your article. It’s been proven time and time and time again that there weren’t enough otherwise-Gore Nader voters to give him the presidency. On the other hand, 12–13% of Democrats voted for Bush! Your argument is just incorrect. You are so sure Hillary Clinton has the nomination already based on being so far ahead and, ultimately, speculation (let’s not bring up the fact that a lot of things that had never happened before happened this election). Well this is something that is even more assuredly so, it’s proven. You can’t make this argument.

Your article was extremely thought-out and I respect that you put a lot into it. I disagree with every single line and I have fact-based arguments to back up my rebuttal, but honestly I’m just so intellectually exhausted by now. Your tone was really condescending. It sounds like something that was written by a moderate Republican (well, Hillary is a moderate Republican, but people don’t like to be confronted with that fact), someone who was so afraid of Bernie’s left stances that they’d take Hillary since she’s closer to them.

By the way, she’d be more obligated to her centrist and Republican (big-money) donors because she can’t get progressive support? What is that? That’s really a new one — if she can’t get progressive support, it’s because she is not a progressive; and don’t act like she isn’t already beholden to big money donors. That’s ridiculous. How can you justify asking anti-war, anti-racist, pro-environment progressives (whatever it is that that word may mean) not to vote for Jill Stein? My opinion, take that and the Nader arguments out completely and this would improve immensely…not to go all English teacher on you, but I noticed you were worried about lengthiness — kill two birds with one stone.

Also, you mention reactionary voters, but how did you not think to include reactions to this election? Trump and Hillary would trigger bigger reactions than we’ve seen — they’re both hated so much (also a fact). Hillary Clinton is the one person Republicans hate more than Obama — what would you expect to happen in 2020? Let me remind you of the census that year and district redrawing shortly after, i.e., whoever controls Congress controls the next decade of politics.