2016 Postmortem

Shemp Howard

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15. Yes!

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 01:06 PM

Dec 2016

The Democratic Party used to be the champion of both social justice and good jobs. And it still is!

But this is no longer obvious to many in the working class. Why? The Party has gotten off-message. Not enough emphasis was placed on the jobs issue. Position papers and brief mentions in speeches are not enough.

To reach as many people as possible, HRC needed to run TV and radio ads that pounded on a twin theme: social justice and good jobs. But that didn't happen.

The Robber Baron took advantage of that. If we don't learn from this, we'll lose the Electoral College again in 2020.

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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