Bill Clinton says he's surprised by Democrats' midterm loses
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton speaks on behalf of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) during an early voting rally in Baton Rouge, Louisiana October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that Democrats lacked a "national advertising campaign" in the recent midterm elections and that he's surprised many Senate races were not closer.
Clinton said in an interview with Politico that Republicans were helped by a larger bloc of voters who felt more strongly about the elections than members of his party.
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Democrats could have benefited from a national message that reinforced the party's positions on refinancing student loans and promoting equal pay for women, he said.
"The people who were against us felt more strongly than the people who were for us. The people who were for us just in all the din couldn't hear what was actually a fairly coherent economic message coming out," Clinton told the publication during an event surrounding the 10th anniversary of his presidential center.
It was Clinton's first extensive comments on Democrats' sweeping losses in the November elections. Republicans gained control of the Senate majority, strengthened its hold on the House and won governor's offices in several Democratic-leaning states.
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Bill Clinton says he's surprised by Democrats' midterm loses