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2016 Postmortem

DirkGently

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5. The rust belt is in pain. And used to vote Democratic.

Reply to Vogon_Glory (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 17, 2016, 11:45 AM

Nov 2016

I think the upper-middle, educated-but-uninformed Republicans, and the truly ignorant, bigoted, etc, reacted to social change -- and the assumption the culture wars have been decided in favor of liberals.

But working class people in the rust belt have been liking Democrats. A lot of them voted for Obama. Many liked Sanders.

Clinton did not speak to them; did not in many cases bother to visit them. Those few people, in those critical states, decided a lot.

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What I Find Amazing Is How Smart The Dems Are A Week After Trump Won The Presidency...... [View all] global1 Nov 2016 OP

The Basis Of The Republican Victory Is That The Base Felt No Pain Vogon_Glory Nov 2016 #1

The rust belt is in pain. And used to vote Democratic. DirkGently Nov 2016 #5

They may have been part of OUR base once Vogon_Glory Nov 2016 #6

The rust belt voted for Obama and Sanders. Clinton assumed she had them as well. DirkGently Nov 2016 #7

So. Why are Scotty and Ro Jo still in office? Vogon_Glory Nov 2016 #8

Are we not discussing Hillary Clinton's failure? DirkGently Nov 2016 #9

people trusted too much in the reliability of data. geek tragedy Nov 2016 #2

The institutions carried her water hard and now look silly. DirkGently Nov 2016 #3

1000000! SammyWinstonJack Nov 2016 #4