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2016 Postmortem

portlander23

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4. Oh I think there's reason to panic

Reply to Yupster (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 10:22 AM

Dec 2016

The line of thinking that says this narrow defeat could have easily been a narrow victory if the distribution of voters was different is very misguided.

If the Democratic Party can't win a decisive victory against a racist with a twitter account, it's in serious trouble.

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Clinton won as many votes as Obama in 2012 just not in the states where she needed them most [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

Maybe she did Dream Girl Dec 2016 #1

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #2

It's why I don't think there's reason to panic Yupster Dec 2016 #3

Oh I think there's reason to panic portlander23 Dec 2016 #4