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2016 Postmortem

Flavius Aetius

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3. I said this in another thread

Reply to boston bean (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 12:23 PM

Dec 2016

I live in Michigan and myself and my entire family are all Democrats and i was the only one that voted for Hillary. Everybody else including most of my friends voted for Trump, all working class union members. Their are a lot of lessons from this election and i do not think most Democrats are going to learn them.

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Obama voters switching to Trump [View all] Shemp Howard Dec 2016 OP

The working class, chose Hillary. Those making undr 50K went for Hillary by a lot. boston bean Dec 2016 #1

Isn't it though? ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #2

I said this in another thread Flavius Aetius Dec 2016 #3

I think the rest of your family will learn some very hard lessons from this election. Justice Dec 2016 #5

I think they will also Flavius Aetius Dec 2016 #8

But most of my friends are working class! Shemp Howard Dec 2016 #4

Working class friends will learn some hard lessons from this election. Justice Dec 2016 #6

But 40% plus of the working class went for Trump. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #13

A lot of it is just showing up. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #7

I'm a PCP (precinct committee person) for my county Democratic party, which TonyPDX Dec 2016 #14

Dems, including Clinton, already talk about jobs and other economic matters...a lot! Garrett78 Dec 2016 #9

Thank you DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #10

The answer is to do a better job of GOTV, including more outreach to rural Dems and... Garrett78 Dec 2016 #12

The Democratic Party DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #11

Yes! Shemp Howard Dec 2016 #15