One thing that Zito discovered regarding the Democratic collapse with white working class voters is the level of the destruction. I mean, it’s a total wipeout in the Appalachian areas. Out of 490 counties that dot this region, Clinton only won 21 of them, mostly because these places contained college campuses, which boosted the number of college liberals:

As someone who lives not very far from this area, this is spot on. When you ask people in this area about the national Democrats, whether the reality or not, the feeling is that they simply don't care at all about the issues they face. I had conversations with life-long Republicans who were listening to Sanders' speeches and agreeing with what he said, even if they felt he would not be able to do anything.

Since the DNC is wasting time on the recounts and not waging a war for the Senate Run-off in Louisiana, the next election that matters is in November 2017, two governors, a bunch of mayoral seats and the NJ state legislature.

The DNC has roughly 14 months to get its shit together and then start running for Congress and the state legislatures.