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(3,141 posts)Like. Did you see what happened in Wayne County?
Jack Valentino
(5,252 posts)SSJVegeta
(3,141 posts)The results coming in were really obvious.
Jack Valentino
(5,252 posts)and Joe on that issue (God bless him, but he was WRONG on the Gaza war
when it continued forever)---
but the Wayne County muslims made a huge mistake,
and where are we now???
That issue probably lost Michigan for the Democratic presidential nominee,
but much less so elsewhere... where we probably lost the election
because of the economy and inflation,
regardless of logical arguments about it....
SSJVegeta
(3,141 posts)Jack Valentino
(5,252 posts)mostly due to the concentration in Dearborn and Wayne County.
Yes, the issue hurt us elsewhere as well,
but not nearly as much as in Michigan
(my home state, so I was extremely aware of the problem here)
SSJVegeta
(3,141 posts)...voting for Trump.
Exit polling proved that Trump peeled off a good number of traditionally liberal demographics from Harris' expected base.
Jack Valentino
(5,252 posts)but purely by demographic numbers, that probably made the difference in Michigan.
SSJVegeta
(3,141 posts)When you are losing your own base, it's time to fold.
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)felt the same.
SSJVegeta
(3,141 posts)Silent Type
(12,412 posts)same sick feeling as 2016. Thank gawd for another chance in midterms.
Jack Valentino
(5,252 posts)and I WAS a big supporter of VP Harris after President Biden dropped out---
'Blanket' statements like you are making here are offensive.
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)Jack Valentino
(5,252 posts)by implying that you were somehow "smarter" than the rest of us!
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)Jack Valentino
(5,252 posts)You clearly did that with your blanket statements.
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