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2016 Postmortem

zipplewrath

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5. Look at the two slogans

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 01:51 PM

Dec 2016

It's right there.

"Stronger together" was aimed at people who thought we were basically going in the right direction and wanted more of the same, only better.

"Make America Great Again" was aimed firmly at the pissed off.

Obama's original was "hope and change". Aimed at those who were unhappy, or unsatisfied. His opponent was "Country First" which was aimed at folks who wanted to maintain some sort of status quo.

Trump got "lucky". There were just enough "pissed off" in the right states to elect him. The majority of the people were satisfied enough to continue.

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The lead to my prewritten Clinton wins story explains a lot about why she lost [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

I haven't expressed an opinion here about why Clinton "lost" lapfog_1 Dec 2016 #1

One question el_bryanto Dec 2016 #2

I don't think there's a difference portlander23 Dec 2016 #3

Well I think many of those who supported Hillary Clinton took it el_bryanto Dec 2016 #4

Look at the two slogans zipplewrath Dec 2016 #5