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In reply to the discussion: OMG...The UK Elections Are Not A Predictor Of What Will Happen Here [View all]Initech
(100,056 posts)32. What happened in the UK can be boiled down to one word: DISINTEREST.
The Tories won in so many counties because of a low turnout. People have been burnt out by all the shit that's been going on and they simply didn't show up at the polls to vote. I could easily see that happening here. Too often that's what happens, and if you saw elections like in Alabama last year, the Dems won that election by very *NARROW* margins. Simply put - if we show up to vote, we win. If we don't show up to vote, they win. That's really all there is to it.
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i dont think it's irrelevant, tho. i do think we are one cycle further in the process.
mopinko
Dec 2019
#2
Corbyn himself was the #1 reason, but Labour members who were out canvassing
octoberlib
Dec 2019
#18
Polish plumbers, specifically, lol I kept seeing Brexiters complain about them on Twitter.
octoberlib
Dec 2019
#14
I don't think Corbyn and Labour's crushing loss was unexpected at all. Corbyn's
comradebillyboy
Dec 2019
#22