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2016 Postmortem

killbotfactory

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5. You should read the entire article, especially the end.

Reply to kcr (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:29 PM

Dec 2016

This November, the town (and 362 other Placer County, California precincts not unlike it) voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, 51.1 percent to 39.5 percent.

But it’s hard to blame sexism or racism for Clinton’s loss.

On Election Day, the people of Placer County also voted for Kamala Harris, a black woman, to be their US senator. Her vote share? 63 percent. And her vote tally? 16,178 more than Clinton’s.

Working class people are struggling, and have been struggling for a long time.

And despite bullshit from the MSM, the poor and working class includes more than just bigoted white guys from the rust belt states.

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The Blind Spots of Liberalism [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

Recommended. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Didn't get your woman president, ladies? That's ok. Lean In is garbage! kcr Dec 2016 #2

The false narrative around here about sacrificing social justice for working class interests... killbotfactory Dec 2016 #3

Or maybe those fighting to include more focus on the poor and working class kcr Dec 2016 #4

You should read the entire article, especially the end. killbotfactory Dec 2016 #5

I promise you. I read the article. Even the bit at the end. kcr Dec 2016 #8

The article is based on faulty assumptions. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #9

kamala harris won more votes, because stein/johnson voters voted for her and then for Stein not HRC La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #13

it has more to do with the fact that both Candidates were Democrats JI7 Dec 2016 #20

Omg. I totally forgot about that. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #22

you should read what the author left out, the narrative of why Russ Feingold got less votes La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #14

California Senate Candidates were a Democratic BLack woman and Dem Hispanic WOman JI7 Dec 2016 #19

Amen portlander23 Dec 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueProgressive Dec 2016 #18

Economic Justice IS Social Justice NoGoodNamesLeft Dec 2016 #21

K&R Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #6

Keep trying...nt SidDithers Dec 2016 #7

LOL. is that why HRC won those who prioritized the economy, or those who make under 30K? La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #10

And Feingold and Teachout both lost.... the country is not as lefty as we'd like it to be. bettyellen Dec 2016 #11

we are FDR left. left for white people. bootstraps for the rest of us. nt La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #17

It's taken a liberal supermajority tirebiter Dec 2016 #16