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In reply to the discussion: Increase Democratic turnout, or try to convert Trump supporters? [View all]
BzaDem
(11,142 posts)67. If you would like to step out of a fantasy world, see post 41. n/t
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That's the meme as of late... Good luck with that 2018. Only thing the left has going for it
Purveyor
Aug 2017
#6
Bringing back dems that voted for Trump seems to be frowned upon in these woods.
Purveyor
Aug 2017
#19
I'm sorry, this is a silly equivalence. We are talking about allocation of party resources.
Squinch
Aug 2017
#54
HUGE mistake labeling them all "haters." Most who voted for Trump are not "haters." This is just
LBM20
Aug 2017
#49
This is bullshit. Here are some factors that strongly correlated with a vote for Trump:
Squinch
Aug 2017
#55
But the margins were small enough in areas like the Rust Belt that it mattered.
Willie Pep
Aug 2017
#12
All Of the above. Glad you can see beyond the myth makers . Not too many can they like the story
lunasun
Aug 2017
#21
The 40% who don't vote seems easy picking. Besides, who wants to coddle white wingers.
Hoyt
Aug 2017
#13
Not sure why you need to be nasty about it. And the opinion you voiced in post 41 is, first of all,
Squinch
Aug 2017
#69
Admittedly, we haven't done a good job -- but yes, they are easy pickings compared to white wing
Hoyt
Aug 2017
#61
Labeling people "white wingers" and refusing to compete everywhere has been THE problem.
LBM20
Aug 2017
#50
One of the most likely predictors of whether someone will vote is if they are a voter
mythology
Aug 2017
#15
Trump being president does far more to "enchant" disenchanted voters than anything Democrats can do.
BzaDem
Aug 2017
#41
Lead with increasing turnout(among both the base and those who simply don't vote much...)
Ken Burch
Aug 2017
#20
I don't know how you would identify those Obama voters who allegedly voted for Trump.
Garrett78
Aug 2017
#25
You key on the, to be precise, working-class white voters in the Upper Midwest.
Ken Burch
Aug 2017
#68
And agressively combat repug vote suppression, voting machine hacking and gerrymandering
brush
Aug 2017
#24
yep; anyone who thinks they won't do it again is seriously fooling themselves. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Aug 2017
#42
Exactly. All those pontificators who fail to take this into account when explaining why dems are
diva77
Aug 2017
#45
"Independents" of today are more strongly partisan than partisans from decades past.
Garrett78
Aug 2017
#31
We won by 3 million votes. How about we stop the suppression and the hacked machines.
onecaliberal
Aug 2017
#34
That would be ideal - would require pressuring elections officials to decertify the machines
diva77
Aug 2017
#44
Because the party left the 50 state strategy, didn't party-build, and ran weak campaigns.
LBM20
Aug 2017
#48
Both. Too many Trump supporters were registered Dems and Indies. CRAZY to write off people!!!!
LBM20
Aug 2017
#47
Trump(R) voters voted for Trump(R) because they want control over women and people of
Squinch
Aug 2017
#53
What about the non-affiliated, non-voters who don't care or don't think their vote matters?
Binkie The Clown
Aug 2017
#76