“Just in sheer numbers the democrats have more automatics then the republicans do”
Even if true, (and I’m not sure how you’ve reached that conclusion, arguably this election showed the opposite: Hillary was a more traditional Democratic candidate not much different than what democrats voted for in 2008, Trump was not a “Republican” candidate at all , He overturned many things traditionally thought of as Republican ideas, he opposes free trade, stands against “Family values” etc etc etc Yet many Republican voters voted for him because of the Letter next to his name, (and because they hate Hillary as RY points out))
But even if more Democrats are “more automatic” and really hate Hillary and only voted for her “because they align with democrat policy ” So what? that still undermines your theory that “Again my point is in the battle for winning the most diverse cross section of opinions in the country”
The bottom line is, More people in this country want the Democrat (candidate or ideas, it doesn’t matter) than the Republican one.
(As I pointed out, though you could argue that the above isn’t neccesarily true, since there is no way to know how a real popular vote would have gone, as the campaigns would be different, and perhaps more people who feel their votes don’t count, like NY republicans, would vote but that’s is not what you said)