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2016 Postmortem

Amishman

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6. There was a lot more going on than bigotry and sexism

Reply to duffyduff (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 01:34 PM

Dec 2016

Yes, it was likely a factor with some but there is no single explanation.

Am I on the right track guessing that you live in a major metro area and not one in a rust belt state?

If you actually listen to people in those areas you will hear a lot of different answers, all of them true. In my neck of the woods, I would not rank sexism/bigotry in the top 3 reasons why people around here voted how they did. (It might come in around #5 on that hypothetical list).

I suggest that a lot of the more irate members here pause and read the postmortem comments from members who actually live 'behind enemy lines'. There are a lot of bad assumptions and over generalizations flying around

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Yes, Clinton won more votes than Trump. But good luck convincing Rust Belt voters... [View all] YoungDemCA Dec 2016 OP

The "goddamned truth" is bigotry is what carried the EC vote for Trump duffyduff Dec 2016 #1

There was a lot more going on than bigotry and sexism Amishman Dec 2016 #6

I would rank bigotry as the number 1 issue and I DO live in a rust belt state. Adrahil Dec 2016 #9

Since when is voters voting against their own self interest anything new? dionysus Dec 2016 #11

Rust belt voters who ranked the economy as their priority chose Hillary. yardwork Dec 2016 #12

"Clinton won more votes than Trump. But good luck convincing Rust Belt voters..." NCTraveler Dec 2016 #2

Thank you. duffyduff Dec 2016 #3

"The focus needs to be on the one-half of the voting-age population who does not vote." NCTraveler Dec 2016 #4

I doubt this kind of patronizing advice would be spewed if our nominee had been a man. duffyduff Dec 2016 #5

"The focus needs to be on the one-half of the voting-age population who does not vote." Agreed! YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #14

I'm convinced that the "rust" in the "Rust Belt" is primarily in their brains. n/t MANative Dec 2016 #7

You're not wrong. NT Adrahil Dec 2016 #10

Racist sexist bigoted MFM008 Dec 2016 #8

That's the problem with the "No one should be allowed to critically examine HRC's campaign" line. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #13