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The Democratic platform was popular, but people weren't voting on some meaningless platform jfern Nov 2016 #1
Yeah, that may be as good an answer as I've heard. lovemydog Nov 2016 #2
Right, because they voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN? Cosmocat Nov 2016 #6
No one gives a shit about meaningless platforms they know the candidate will ignore jfern Nov 2016 #26
You aren't going to get good answers Txbluedog Nov 2016 #3
I think you're largely correct. lovemydog Nov 2016 #16
We keep losing elections because the right wing media machine... Initech Nov 2016 #4
C A N W E P L E A S E S T O P W I T H T H E A G G R I E V E D R U R A L F O L K S S H I T Cosmocat Nov 2016 #5
There is a lot of truth to this post hueymahl Nov 2016 #7
They hated the shit of Bill and only to a slightly lesser extent Obama, too Cosmocat Nov 2016 #13
Great post hueymahl Nov 2016 #22
I agree Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2016 #9
IDK Cosmocat Nov 2016 #11
Amen. (nt) Paladin Nov 2016 #17
Two things: Russia and Racism. Nt LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #8
If we had a PARLIAMENTARY system, issues would be at the forefront! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #10
Lazy and too much attention to the presidency treestar Nov 2016 #12
Yes, locally on up. lovemydog Nov 2016 #18
Gerrymandering and messaging budkin Nov 2016 #14
This mythology Nov 2016 #20
Gerrymandering is a problem because we gerrymandered ourselves Amishman Nov 2016 #21
Agreed. NT hueymahl Nov 2016 #23
I feel like "self righteous" comes out when people can't defend their positions- often bigotry. bettyellen Nov 2016 #15
Very good point. lovemydog Nov 2016 #19
Reaserching policy takes effort on everyone's part. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #24
Definitely. Democracy is messy and it requires lovemydog Nov 2016 #27
Okay, this is a very oversimplified interpretation. There is actually a very JCanete Nov 2016 #25
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