2016 Postmortem

Buckeye_Democrat

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6. Obama received over 65.9 million votes in 2012.

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 12:20 PM

Nov 2016

Clinton's total is about 62.5 million (a loss of about 3.4 million compared to Obama).

Trump's total is about 61.2 million (a gain of about 0.3 million compared to Romney).

Many people weren't excited about Hillary. I was one of the people who voted for Obama in the 2008 primary and breathed a big sigh of relief that he beat her for the Democratic nomination!

I still voted for Hillary (and all Democrats) in the recent election, but her "baggage" (deserved or not) concerned me. She'd been a conservative propagandist punching bag for years, plus I knew that she'd have NAFTA and previous gun restrictions attached to her thanks to Bill... not to mention his infidelities.

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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