I don't recall DU having the positivity we have now back in '16

[Kaleva]

There were still a lot of hard feelings left over from the primary. We weren't as unified as we are now. And there's a difference in the poll data and the fact that there's no evidence that Trump is closing the gap in key states as there was in '16.

[rainin]

1. There was so much anger over the Hillary/Bernie contest. This time it's all hands on deck. n/t

[dalton99a]

2. Most people realize that we as a country are facing a grave existential threat

from the current president of the United States

[beachbumbob]

3. Tough to comment as it will be reported as still fighting the 2016 election but DU

was not a bastion of democratic centrists in those days even less so. The meme of lesser of 2 evils ran rampant. 4 years of paying a huge price galvanized all of us and we saw that in 2018 continuous to today.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. I agree.

The day of the Comey "reinvestigation" announcement was a LOT of doom and gloom.

Those posts were later confirmed, unfortunately.

[Codeine]

5. A certain contingent is no longer present here.

And good riddance.

[mucifer]

6. I agree and not just here. In reddit, too. There aren't many Bernie Bros this time It's all Biden!

[sharp_stick]

7. 2016

We were at each other's throats. It was a bad time.

[betsuni]

8. Social media was inundated with anti-Democratic propaganda.

Other media with emails, emails, emails. Successfully made that election not about the Democratic vs Republican parties and all about one person, a Hillary that didn't exist.

It's great to come to sites like this and not have to spend all one's time debunking conspiracy theories and lies like in 2016. This time it's about which party cares about you.