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spicysista

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13. Good point, FSogol. However...

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 01:02 PM

Jan 2019

One could also argue that the number of folks purged from the voting rolls effectively gave us dolt45. Was the difference really about a few thousand people who changed their minds in a few states? Or, was it really about the millions of legal voters whose names were removed from the voting rolls after the gutting of the Voting Rights Act? Did that many people really switch from supporting President Obama to support the entity that now occupies the white house? Or, was the voting electorate different in those formerly Obama precincts?
Not saying that we should not attempt to speak to those who've voted for tRump. I'm just saying that changing our message to appeal directly to them may not be a good idea. We should focus on our base and work to restore those who've been removed from the rolls.

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Are the democrats satisfied with their base.. [View all] Maxheader Jan 2019 OP

Democrats often do not agree with each other about what their base is. MineralMan Jan 2019 #1

Good observations, but the OP may be young. I've noticed that many newer generation posters LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #2

Then, we need to inform them of the proper usage, MineralMan Jan 2019 #3

Fair enough; I know exactly how you feel. LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #5

Profile says retired unc70 Jan 2019 #9

In my best Emily Litella voice: "Nevermind" LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #12

His profile says he is retired. n/t FSogol Jan 2019 #11

It would be a smart move to go after disaffected Trump voters... brooklynite Jan 2019 #4

I think most of the ones who aren't bigots have already figured that out. MineralMan Jan 2019 #6

exactly, even 2x Obama voters. We need to recapture those votes AlexSFCA Jan 2019 #7

"the democrats" ... "democrat runners" ... are you a Democrat? DontBooVote Jan 2019 #8

If we had reached 77,001 of them in Ohio, Michigan, and PA last time, HRC would have been President. FSogol Jan 2019 #10

Good point, FSogol. However... spicysista Jan 2019 #13

We have been working to add people to the rolls. See VA and FL. FSogol Jan 2019 #14

Okay. Sorry for the misunderstanding. spicysista Jan 2019 #15

Thank you for an honest reply... Maxheader Jan 2019 #16

Why would we want racist, sexist homophobes? mcar Jan 2019 #17