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2016 Postmortem

geek tragedy

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4. presidential elections are driven by culture in the absence of a bad economy.

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 06:18 PM

Dec 2016

if the economy under Trump is bad, they have a pretty easy task.

If the economy is okay under Trump, it will require cultural/psychological appeals rather than economics

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Jill Abramson: who owns the economic ideas that must rejuvenate the Democrats? [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

Bernie Sanders...its too bad DWS made sure he didn't get a fair chance. putitinD Dec 2016 #1

FFS, give it a rest. SFnomad Dec 2016 #2

If the system is fueled by money, what trumps money? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #3

presidential elections are driven by culture in the absence of a bad economy. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #4

Clinton presented excellent plans for the economy... NCTraveler Dec 2016 #5