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2016 Postmortem

Txbluedog

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4. I agree

Reply to Jersey Devil (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 12:09 PM

Nov 2016

Yes we won the popular vote but it was never about the popular vote and we knew that going in. We just did not have enough people showing up in the right places like Philly, Detroit etc.

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I have analyzed all the posts on this forum and it all boils down to this [View all] Jersey Devil Nov 2016 OP

Fair enough Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #1

We had 2 million more votes dhol82 Nov 2016 #2

Well, sure, in NY and Calif they were excited Jersey Devil Nov 2016 #3

False promises of jobs in the rust belt. dhol82 Nov 2016 #5

Obama received over 65.9 million votes in 2012. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #6

Clinton is at 64.9 million and counting TwilightZone Nov 2016 #7

Ah! Thanks! That's what I get for trusting Politico's numbers. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #10

Yeah, I don't think they've updated them since the morning after the election. TwilightZone Nov 2016 #11

Thank you. anamandujano Nov 2016 #12

I agree Txbluedog Nov 2016 #4

Their candidate listened zipplewrath Nov 2016 #8

Middle-class whites voted as if the Bush Recession didn't effect anyone else baldguy Nov 2016 #9