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3. Many older whites are deeply broken and I don't see us making huge gains among that population

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 09:08 PM

Jul 2017

which will keep the likes of Iowa and Ohio as states that are more often out of our reach than not. Both states are older and whiter than the country as a whole. The three C's in Ohio are no longer enough to overcome the drag of the old white electorate that are just about everywhere else.

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Trumps Base Sticks With Him Except in the South [View all] riversedge Jul 2017 OP

Those three states were stolen for the Electoral College by collusion & conniving with Russkies. .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #1

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #6

Yep not fooled Jul 2017 #10

time for him to ramp up the racism! n/m bagelsforbreakfast Jul 2017 #2

Many older whites are deeply broken and I don't see us making huge gains among that population dsc Jul 2017 #3

The south has more old white people. And no place has more old whites than Florida. Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #5

Not by percent dsc Jul 2017 #8

We're talking sheer numbers here. Or I was. In any case, it was the working white males.... Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #14

No worries. Putin can fix that. :) But only if Trump delivers. Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #4

Putin will not get his "deliverables" Best_man23 Jul 2017 #7

He's said he'll sign. And natch he says it's a bill HE negotiated...that Congress sent him the bill Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #9

Democrats, the Left, Progressives Are Ignoring How Racism and Sexism... TomCADem Jul 2017 #11

I can't feel sorry for any white men, no matter how oppressed they may be in actuality Aristus Jul 2017 #12

"Except in the South" Doug the Dem Jul 2017 #13

Click on the link. He is negative 9 in Texas and Arizona and neg. 7 in Georgia Quixote1818 Jul 2017 #15

But the South is Teabagger Heaven Doug the Dem Jul 2017 #16

Locking - the hosts feel this is analysis, rather than a breaking news story muriel_volestrangler Jul 2017 #17