Banish complacency, Democrats

After the Leave faction in the UK won an astonishing victory in a referendum which asked whether Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland should leave the European Union, Americans should be forewarned. Many of the sentiments which drive Trump’s voters are the same ones which drove the Leavers to win. Foremost among those sentiments in the UK seemed to be an anger at political elites in both the UK and in Brussels as well as a deep sense that immigrants were arriving in the Kingdom and taking jobs away from the Queen’s subjects.

Sound familiar? Those are the same arguments Donald Trump made to win his party’s nomination and the same ones he plans to use during the general election.

There were plenty of good sound economic and social reasons for the UK to remain in the EU. Whether the Remain campaigners made the case well enough can be argued, but it seems that the rational discussions didn’t appeal as much to voters as the emotional ones did.

Take note, Hillary Clinton and your fellow Democratic candidates, and take nothing for granted.