The Democrats' political misfortunes extend beyond defeat of their presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. When Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, Democrats controlled 62 state legislative chambers out of 99. The Democrats' misfortunes extend beyond last week's defeat of Hillary Clinton, political observers say. "I think one of the problems of the Clinton campaign is they took the industrial Midwest for granted," said Democratic strategist Bill Bannon. But some fear adopting more progressive policies and continuing to move the Democratic party leftward is the problem, not the solution.

Source: CBC News November 21, 2016 10:00 UTC