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2016 Postmortem

Buckeye_Democrat

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11. I did a "bad thing" and didn't vote in Ohio's primary.

Reply to YoungDemCA (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 12:43 PM

Dec 2016

I was leaning toward Bernie, but I figured the race was largely over anyway.

I wasted far more of my time following the Republicans! I was "licking my chops" over Trump possibly winning their nomination and tearing apart the GOP! Holy crap, I certainly misread the situation!

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Luzerne County, Pennsylvania vs. Loudoun County, VA [View all] YoungDemCA Dec 2016 OP

And, therefore jehop61 Dec 2016 #1

The Democrats have created an opening for populist demagogues like Trump YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #3

I'm not a fan of "Third Way" neoliberalism either. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #8

I voted straight D too. I voted for Clinton in the primaries. YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #10

I did a "bad thing" and didn't vote in Ohio's primary. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #11

Not really a fair comparison since the federal government employs many yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #2

Everything is Topsy turvy for sure Truth321 Dec 2016 #4

I had to look up Luzerne County since I'm not familiar with the area. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #5

too much FoxNews/RW crap for them, I would guess Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #6

.... YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #7

Serious response: Did you even look at the results? Many of these Trump counties voted for Obama YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #9

You can actually. It's more the utter failure of the media to even bother to synergie Dec 2016 #12

Obama also held back on talk of racism while HIllary called it out JI7 Dec 2016 #13

Indeed. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #15

Overall, Clinton did better among those making $50,000 or less per year. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #14

"The American electorate" isn't one monolithic thing. Treating it like it is is part of the problem. YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #16

I didn't say it was monolithic. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #17

And let me add a point I made in another thread I started: Garrett78 Dec 2016 #18

this, it's a toxic stew of fundie xianism, undergirded with racism, homophobia, and misogyny Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #19