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Poiuyt

(18,272 posts)
9. Double standard
Fri Dec 27, 2019, 07:18 PM
Dec 2019

She had the traits and qualifications necessary to be president, but those same traits made her seem unlikeable because she was a woman. But she was indeed demonized since 1992, and that constant pounding into our heads by the right wing that she was mean and dishonest became accepted as true. Ironically, even though she was perceived as dishonest, fact checkers during the 2016 campaign found her to be the most truthful of all the candidates.

To answer the original question, yes I'm sure there were many people who were voting against Hillary. Since most people vote to keep the same party if the economy is doing well, it would be logical to assume that Hillary would be seen as an extension of Pres Obama's economic policies. But when Comey came out 10 days before the election and stated that the FBI was still investigating her, that just confirmed people (irrational) fears.

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People voted against Trump's definition of Hillary. kentuck Dec 2019 #1
FOX spent 20 years demonizing the Clintons Ferryboat Dec 2019 #2
I'll never understand why so many people hate Hillary? She was no doubt the most qualified walkingman Dec 2019 #4
Double standard Poiuyt Dec 2019 #9
The last three plus days Wellstone ruled Dec 2019 #3
Racists voted for Trump. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #5
Not enough to swing an election Cyrano Dec 2019 #6
The majority of Americans voted for Hillary. padfun Dec 2019 #7
Actually the majority of Americans didn't vote at all. Groundhawg Dec 2019 #11
And at least some of those did so because of Sanders' unending divisiveness PSPS Dec 2019 #14
The statement I responded to didn't say anything about eligible voters Groundhawg Dec 2019 #20
Huh? PSPS Dec 2019 #24
The election was stolen malaise Dec 2019 #8
They voted for Trump to be saved from invading darkies Cicada Dec 2019 #10
Doesn't explain how Obama got elected -- twice Cyrano Dec 2019 #12
Good point. Turnout made the difference. Cicada Dec 2019 #17
2016 was the first presidential election after the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. lapucelle Dec 2019 #13
this was a discussion yesterday... handmade34 Dec 2019 #15
The male voters that I talked to after the election Butterflylady Dec 2019 #16
Meaningless question. Putin won. Democrats lost. delisen Dec 2019 #18
Yes Putin won for sure. Groundhawg Dec 2019 #21
Interesting query. Blue_true Dec 2019 #19
Both/and. And a lot of people didn't vote for either, and a lot of people (as usual) didn't vote. ArtTownsend Dec 2019 #22
The majority of voters voted for Hillary over Trump, by 3 million. Hekate Dec 2019 #23
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