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2016 Postmortem

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

15. About that base

Reply to whatchamacallit (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 01:23 PM

Apr 2016

They won back the congress!! Wait, no they didn't

Well they won back all the state legislatures! Not.

I dunno, seems like that base they keep talking about is a minority. And it can't win elections.

Isn't they special?

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All you unworthy democrats not part of "the base" [View all] whatchamacallit Apr 2016 OP

make sure to vote for Clinton in the GE . stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #1

Apathy will be a more serious issue than you think..... thanks to the Clinton style of campaigning Armstead Apr 2016 #2

I keep hearing this — apathy and lack of enthusiasm towards Clinton but . . . brush Apr 2016 #4

40 Percent of the vote against a well established machine is not apathy Armstead Apr 2016 #7

40% is not 60% brush Apr 2016 #9

You are not taking the vaeiations among people into account Armstead Apr 2016 #10

My advise is for them to get registered and maintain it for the mid-terms. brush Apr 2016 #16

Please stop promoting this narrative about Clinton. NCTraveler Apr 2016 #5

We'll have to disagree on that Armstead Apr 2016 #6

I think I see the difference. I don't get to that point. NCTraveler Apr 2016 #8

My FB feed is on fire with independents Blue_In_AK Apr 2016 #11

Actually the opposite is probably true. Turn out will be way up. African Americans, Latinos, & FSogol Apr 2016 #12

We'll see. Blue_In_AK Apr 2016 #13

Yup, time will tell. n/t FSogol Apr 2016 #14

You had best pray whatchamacallit Apr 2016 #3

About that base RobertEarl Apr 2016 #15