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Showing Original Post only (View all)Instead of winning over the 27% who voted for Trump, how about winning over the 40% who didn't vote? [View all]
You know... Trump got ~27%, Clinton got ~28%, abstains was ~40% and the rest was third party.
Instead of trying to win over the 27% of people who have a hostile stance towards your cause, how about trying to win over the 40% of people who have a neutral stance towards your cause?
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Instead of winning over the 27% who voted for Trump, how about winning over the 40% who didn't vote? [View all]
DetlefK
Dec 2016
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I have been thinking the same thing and we need to do it in 2018, during the Congressional elections
JimBeard
Dec 2016
#37
our side won by 2.5 million votes. Just get rid of the electorial college. It always favors the
putitinD
Dec 2016
#2
He helped us win Virginia even though we lost PA. He was an excellent choice. n/t
pnwmom
Dec 2016
#7
I know a lot of people who didn't choose Clinton at first and ended up admiring her...
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#60
How about a way to do that? Around here we've had voter registration drives, and...
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2016
#5
So true-- they certainly have been programmed to believe a massive load of crap
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#41
Excellent! They will suffer under Trump; must vote against Pence in 2020 or it will be worse. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2016
#13
It might be more helpful to get rid of voter suppression that makes them jump through hoops. (nt)
ehrnst
Dec 2016
#15
Certainly a lot of younger people don't vote... they don't see differences in the parties, that
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#42
HRC got more votes than any white man running for President. Enough with the likeability.
Justice
Dec 2016
#35
How about winning over all the voters who would benefit from good policies?
Martin Eden
Dec 2016
#23
well, please don't take those responses as representative of what everyone here thinks
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#50
How about electing state and local officers who will reverse all the restrictions on voting
Fla Dem
Dec 2016
#58
That might be the best route. I bet there's many poor people who gave up...
Buckeye_Democrat
Dec 2016
#63