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2016 Postmortem

YoungDemCA

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

Reply to Garrett78 (Reply #14)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 12:34 AM

Dec 2016

And in the context of an election, some crazy beliefs historically haven't mattered that much. And they still really don't, overall - Republican voters by no means have a monopoly on crazy beliefs, and conversely, Democratic voters are far from impervious in that respect.

Political campaigns are about winning elections, not purifying other people's belief systems. The latter is more suited to religion. I want progressive, left-wing policies to have a fighting chance. But they won't if Democrats continue to practice liberal Head Count politics - which should have been utterly discredited by the outcome of this election (and yet...).

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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