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2016 Postmortem

oasis

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6. Hillary was hit by a barrage of negative torpedoes in the primary.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Dec 21, 2016, 05:45 PM

Dec 2016

We were warned about how this would do damage to voter turnout in the general. Those who wanted to keep up the fight until the bitter end will now have an ultra right Supreme Court to remind them of their stubbornness. For decades.

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Most Nonvoters Still Arent Sorry They Didnt Vote [View all] sheshe2 Dec 2016 OP

under 30's voters never turnout in high number. millenials just aren't that precious in this regard msongs Dec 2016 #1

But they will be - as you say. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #2

44 percent now wish they had voted. That is a lot of people Kolesar Dec 2016 #3

I agree! It's still LOTS of people even if it's less than 50%! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #10

Yeah, I believe it is around 60 million people. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #16

if not now then Afromania Dec 2016 #4

Young voters don't vote but of course Bernie would have won Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #5

Hillary was hit by a barrage of negative torpedoes in the primary. oasis Dec 2016 #6

On the other hand, i contend that most of the non voters didn't follow the minutea of dionysus Dec 2016 #12

How is it that Obama overcame so much in 2008 and Hillary Exilednight Dec 2016 #13

Hillary Democrats who lost to Obama in 2008 had no trouble falling in line oasis Dec 2016 #17

one word: PUMAS Exilednight Dec 2016 #19

You are SO right. They're gonna feel it. ancianita Dec 2016 #7

Bingo! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #15

I don't understand those voters, and it's pathetic. cwydro Dec 2016 #8

I have been voting since 18 as well. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #9

But people kept saying "Don't worry! It's in the bag!" FrodosNewPet Dec 2016 #11

25% didn't think their vote would matter, 15% "knew who would win." JudyM Dec 2016 #14

"15 percent already knew who would win" Takket Dec 2016 #18