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In reply to the discussion: When GOPrs can't win fair and square, they invariably cheat... [View all]NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)32. and as also stated above
ACORN was dissolved in 2009, so turnout was down from 2008 to 2016, though only slightly. So, it did not have much of an effect in Pennsylvania. I stand corrected on PA.
But, in Wisconsin, turnout in Milwaukee was down from 491,000 in 2012 to 434,000 in 2016.
And, as I said above, this was from voter suppression and the lack of ACORN to help fight voter suppression, not the fault of how people in those areas voted.
Voter suppression helped flip both Wisconsin and Michigan.
You can say other things contributed as well - increased turnout among rural/racist whites, media bias against Clinton, Russian interference, etc, but you can't say voter suppression wasn't a part of it.
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I believe the situation we're in demonstrates the lifetime appointment rule is seriously flawed.
onlyadream
Jun 2018
#13
nobody made jill stein voters vote for her, we had the antidote and those voters decided to screw us
beachbum bob
Jun 2018
#4
We are seeing a coup organized by the dumpsters and their minions, Putin and his minions...
debsy
Jun 2018
#7
But, but..... I heard that it was all Nancy Pelosi's fault for "not being a good leader"
ehrnst
Jun 2018
#10
"I wonder if they would have made a difference in places like Detroit, Philly, Pittsburgh.."
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2018
#22