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In reply to the discussion: James Hodgkinson, the DC Shooter, Has Himself to Blame for Electing Trump [View all]That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)"And she got about same number of votes as Obama did in 2012"
And Obama ran against John McCain and Mitt Romney, both respected public officials - not that I voted for either of the GOP candidates. Hillary Clinton ran against an over privileged, sexual predator, con-man and lost the electoral college. SMH
"And it's always more difficult for the party in power after 8 years."
Like GHWB after Reagan? The Democratic Party needs to stop looking for excuses to accept losing power and start looking for reasons to fight and challenges to overcome.
"The huge difference being court striking down voting rights and russian interference and comey. "
There were such differences between exit polls (which WERE accurate BEFORE touchscreen voting) and final tallies that they stopped doing exit polls. To me, the only difference between Russians altering the election results and the GOP altering the election results is that Putin and friends represent a foreign government - something that people have been warning the Democratic Party would eventually happen if they didn't take action.