2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Shame on all Dems who wrongly say "Hillary didn't talk about jobs or opportunity etc etc when they [View all]CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)This is the DEMOCRATIC Underground, not the Green Party underground. It seems extremely odd that one of our own would go to such great lengths to defend those who voted for a rival candidates.
Yes, if Johnson's voter in Michigan and Wisconsin had gone to Hillary, she would have won those two states (though have no indication that more of them would have voted for Hillary than Trump had Johnson dropped out of the race.
Yes, had every white woman in Michigan and Wisconsin voted for Hillary she would have won those two states.
Yes, had every white man in Michigan and Wisconsin voted for Hillary she would have won those two states.
But, many of Johnson voters in Michigan and Wisconsin don't claim to be progressives.
Many of white women voters in Michigan and Wisconsin don't claim to be progressives.
Many of white men voters in Michigan and Wisconsin don't claim to be progressives.
But on the other hand, almost all of Stein voters see themselves as not only progressives, but ideologically pure progressives. And many former Bernie supporters also claim to be big progressives. It is well past ironic that all of these big progressive Bernie supporters and Stein voters were indirectly responsible for Trump's victory.