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67. The people who voted for trump didn't have a problem with his flaws.

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Why Democrats Are Losing Americans Without a College Degree--and How to Win Them Back [View all] applegrove Dec 2024 OP

We have been through this a million times Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #1

Assuming you are correct, what is the solution? Just continue to see the working class of all races kelly1mm Dec 2024 #12

If the dunce cap fits Bettie Dec 2024 #17

So, again, if the voters are stupid (they may well be) and they are making serious inroads into formerly kelly1mm Dec 2024 #21

You can't make people Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #22

So it sounds like with the working class going R, the Hispanics going R (46% in 2024!) and white women going R (while kelly1mm Dec 2024 #25

Propaganda works if you like and respect a dictator. Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #29

the problem isn't the democrats, America won't vote for a woman, especially a black one. We would have won in a Meadowoak Dec 2024 #53

Don't agree. They hate women, that is truth, but this is about malignant propaganda travelingthrulife Dec 2024 #60

As strongly as *I* support a woman - minority, white, whatever - for President RandomNumbers Dec 2024 #61

Truth. And I also don't believe all these groups are Meadowoak Dec 2024 #62

Relatively few people watch Fox News Kaleva Dec 2024 #39

Propaganda is everywhere Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #41

Church! Jesus Christ don't forget church! IrishAfricanAmerican Dec 2024 #73

Sorry Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #75

The solution is to run a middle-aged straight protestant white guy. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #34

That would probably be safest but President Obama proves the white guy is not a prerequisite, President kelly1mm Dec 2024 #35

Obama had enough charisma to stop a train. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #36

yes you are correct. give them what they asked for. Nimble_Idea Dec 2024 #52

YEP, BECAUSE THEY ARE, solution is revamped education for k-12, because the current system is clearly not working krawhitham Dec 2024 #69

Do we as a planet, let alone a country have 13-18 years? nt kelly1mm Dec 2024 #78

FDR managed to win four terms as President and no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #2

But it took people starving in the streets to get FDR in the WH Fiendish Thingy Dec 2024 #4

We live in an infinitely more affluent time Cosmocat Dec 2024 #5

I think you make a good point. Raven123 Dec 2024 #10

One big difference is that FDR was not seen as big on improving race relations, still allowing Silent Type Dec 2024 #6

I'm writing this as a Black American JustAnotherGen Dec 2024 #70

It was a different time Polybius Dec 2024 #74

So much advice from so many nincompoops Fiendish Thingy Dec 2024 #3

So the advice is to have a once a century pandemic? EdmondDantes_ Dec 2024 #9

I agree. 'The voters are stupid' (even if true) is not a slogan we should run on in 2026/2028 although that sentiment kelly1mm Dec 2024 #13

Dems had a good message Fiendish Thingy Dec 2024 #18

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I disagree Nimble_Idea Dec 2024 #55

who is "we" Nimble_Idea Dec 2024 #56

A lot of people here Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #26

That's a given. paleotn Dec 2024 #7

Where do we get this message out Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #24

We're still covered. We're on the Sunday shows. paleotn Dec 2024 #50

Most people no longer look at Sunday shows Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #63

So you personally know them all? Interesting. paleotn Dec 2024 #64

Straw man Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #65

"Most people no longer look at Sunday shows....Bigotry and hate fuels them." paleotn Dec 2024 #66

The people who voted for trump didn't have a problem with his flaws. Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #67

And you know every single person who voted for Trump. Sorry, ain't buying it. paleotn Dec 2024 #68

"Democrats can side with corporate interests, or they can win elections. But they cannot do both." Yavin4 Dec 2024 #8

trump merely reflects the views and morals of his voters. he is one of them, just happens to be rich nt msongs Dec 2024 #11

There is no shortage of deep red areas where this particular line of progressive thinking could be tested out... W_HAMILTON Dec 2024 #14

Only a small portion of workers are unionized MichMan Dec 2024 #15

Really glad to see that labor unions are part of their solution. keep_left Dec 2024 #16

Who's obsessing over culture war issues? Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #23

See post #20. keep_left Dec 2024 #33

The south never changed Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #42

Well, you're right about that. Desperation is probably... keep_left Dec 2024 #71

Don't get me started on the post civil war years Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #72

Sigh.... Most of us are over-thinking again. We know the real problem whether we admit it or not. Jit423 Dec 2024 #19

Interesting that they fail to mention non-economic issues. Abolishinist Dec 2024 #20

Republicans are all culture wars, they love the rich, the 1% are part of the Us in the Us vs Them. betsuni Dec 2024 #31

Close to 50% of white males with a college degree voted for Trump Kaleva Dec 2024 #40

Stop saving them from themselves. Stop saving them from the Republican Party's bullshit In It to Win It Dec 2024 #27

If enough Americans go broke and starve and die from Trump's policies we might have a chance. ZonkerHarris Dec 2024 #30

As long as you need kacekwl Dec 2024 #32

Some people are acting like there is a way back brettdale Dec 2024 #37

The orange hellbeast said : I love low-information voters! and they loved him for it. ... Hekate Dec 2024 #38

This is going to be a tough 4 years Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #43

Agree with some parts, but Ndp5 Dec 2024 #44

Some good points Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #45

To tweak Churchill's quote on democracy... Ndp5 Dec 2024 #47

Young people don't have the attention span to read newspapers Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #48

Your SC and their Citizens United decision fucked that over arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #46

We aren't losing becsuse of issues. If Biden was 10 years younger we would have won JI7 Dec 2024 #49

He would have won anyway but was railroaded out. valleyrogue Dec 2024 #58

These loonies only respond when told they are the smartest bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #51

Union membership will decline, ultra conservative media will expand, the economy will falter - NoMoreRepugs Dec 2024 #54

I believe there were only a couple posts in this whole thread that gets it Nimble_Idea Dec 2024 #59

More nonsense. valleyrogue Dec 2024 #57

Democrats are losing people without college degrees due to decades of haele Dec 2024 #76

yes! mike_c Dec 2024 #77