2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you don't think Bernie and his campaign and his supporters basically calling Hillary [View all]TheBlackAdder
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Many here fail to grasp one thing: A shit load of Americans hate the Clintons. I mean hate them. This is partly due to their practices in office, and a large part due to 30 years of negative news coverage. That's why the GOP hit hard right out of the gate. Just like everyone on the Dem side was trying to shoot down Bush and Romney... not realizing that they were doomed anyway.
45% of the women voting for Trump was expected. They've always voted that way since the ERA days. These are the evangelicals and orthodox women who enjoy a paternalistic lifestyle or are tightly coupled to their religion. Each election, for the past 40 years has seen this 45% number pop up. Education does not come into the equation. During this election, 90% of them went to Trump, the adulterer, the grabber, and hundred of other things... because their religious goals were the priority.
So many people were relying on the woman vote, when it never was going to happen.
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