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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: To just write off white working class folks or ANY group ANYWHERE is STUPID. Here is why: [View all]hueymahl
(2,447 posts)21. We agree more than we disagree
I'm just more than a little frustrated with the large number of people refusing to acknowledge that we need to change. Not change our core beliefs, but certainly change our messaging and our tactics.
As a conciliatory gesture, I will acknowledge that Bernie did a great job of identifying her weaknesses, and that helped Trump. Just like we will never know how he would have done if he got the nomination, we will never know how HRC would have done if Bernie had not run in the primary.
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To just write off white working class folks or ANY group ANYWHERE is STUPID. Here is why: [View all]
RBInMaine
Dec 2016
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I don't think Democrats wrote them off. This comes down to the hostile dynamics of the primary.
R B Garr
Dec 2016
#3
Strawman, few are writing them off just not go to coddle them with denigrating minorities ...
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#6
Rural and rust belt working class voters are not interested in our realistic jobs plans.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#13
No, they will never shut up about their racist resentment of "urbanites" because facts don't matter
Coventina
Dec 2016
#16
Baloney, blue states pay red welfare. Except for kids I wish we could stop subsidizing them.
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#20
Just correcting your nonsense about red states not benefiting from our blue taxes....
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#31
Nobody is writing them off, but as the old saying says you can lead a horse to water . . .
Vinca
Dec 2016
#17
No, people who cared about economics first went for Hillary. Trump won on terrorism and immigration.
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#19
Trumps racism motivated apathetic voters more than any economic message did...
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#23
It's so twisted, but the media went out of their way to normalize the hatred and
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#38
So Obama got black voters who never voted before and are not voting again....
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#44
I have to agree. These people were a traditional Dem base, and there's no reason
Yo_Mama
Dec 2016
#39