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2016 Postmortem

zipplewrath

(16,698 posts)

8. Their candidate listened

Reply to Jersey Devil (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 12:57 PM

Nov 2016

Ours didn't.

This blue collar/NAFTA blow back has been building for years. Too many donors/DNC/DCCC/DSCC types just didn't hear it, much less listen. I've been waiting for a GOP candidate to figure it out. I just didn't think it'd be a knuckle head like Trump.

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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