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4 Books Every Liberal Should Read Before the 2020 Elections
If you’re like me, on November 8th, 2016, you were sad, angry and confused. For a lot of us, these same emotions lasted for some time after Donald Trump was announced as the winner, but for me, the most prominent emotion I felt was confusion. As someone who is constantly analyzing human behavior, I just couldn’t stop asking myself, “How the hell did this happen?”.
Sure, we can look at how the DNC royally screwed Bernie Sanders or how Hillary’s campaign strategy was severely lacking. We can also sit here and say that anyone who voted for Trump is a racist, xenophobe, homophobe, misogynist or all of the above, but is that really going to help us win in 2020?
As I did some research, I started to understand more about why we lost in 2016, and I believe we can turn it around for 2020, but it’s going to require us taking a hard look in the mirror. This is a list of books every liberal should read as soon as possible if we want a chance to win in 2020 no matter who your favorite candidate is.
I do want to warn you though. These books aren’t for the weak-minded. They’re going to tell you things that you probably don’t want to hear, but I promise you that these books will help you understand how we can win in 2020 and maybe even flip some centrists and conservatives.