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still_one

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6. that was 5% than those that voted for President Obama. I am not one to make blanket
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 02:46 PM
Dec 2016

generalizations, because there were a lot of factors, the misreporting by the media that "Comey has reopened the email investigation", the double standard in coverage, where Hillary was held to a much higher standard, 47% of the eligible voters who refused to vote, the 2013 Supreme Court decision which allowed a key section of the voting rights act to be overturned, and opened the flood gates for 14 states to setup more restrictive voter requirements, long lines, voter IDs, and removing names from voter lists.

However, I believe, what did make a difference was those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for Hillary, and either voted third party or didn't vote.

For those that were in that mind set, I can understand their rationalization, even though I don't agree with it, but what I cannot understand is why every Democrat running for Senate in the swing states against the establishment republican incumbent lost?

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Guess they got bored with blaming white people NoGoodNamesLeft Dec 2016 #1
it's not bigoted to say a majority of whites voted for trump, when they did. nt La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #2
It is bigoted to call them all racists, though, which is exactly what's been going on NoGoodNamesLeft Dec 2016 #4
those who voted for Trump either are racists themselves, or are tolerant of racism. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #5
So you know all of those voters personally to lump them all together then? NoGoodNamesLeft Dec 2016 #14
No but i know they voted for someone who explicitly said racist things La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #15
Only the white people who voted to elect and openly racist candidate are accused of supporting bettyellen Dec 2016 #11
But that's down 11% from the mostly GenX voters who frazzled Dec 2016 #3
that was 5% than those that voted for President Obama. I am not one to make blanket still_one Dec 2016 #6
I think it's candidates job to win votes. David__77 Dec 2016 #7
Yes. Her campaign needed to pay more attention to economic inequality, as per this article. JudyM Dec 2016 #9
White millennial voters Chitown Kev Dec 2016 #8
If Hillary had chosen Sanders or Warren as her running mate, red dog 1 Dec 2016 #10
Yawn. n/t BlueStater Dec 2016 #16
In the end, Hillary's loss is on her, as every candidate who has run for president Autumn Dec 2016 #12
K&R True_Blue Dec 2016 #13
I blame the voters of the three states treestar Dec 2016 #17
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