2016 Postmortem

SwampG8r

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46. A lot of stuff would have been hidden back in the day

Sun Nov 22, 2015, 01:23 PM

Nov 2015

A coterie of members meeting offsite to plan disruptions here would have been ts'ed
So would admissions of trolling sent via pm
Linking to storefront in order to post antisemitic attacks against a dem candidate would have gotten the same
All OK now
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Well this is interesting > "NYT: The Democratic Base Isn’t … Liberal?" [View all] Bread and Circus Nov 2015 OP

We Are Fighting For Authoritarians To Rule Over Us - At The Behest Of The 1% cantbeserious Nov 2015 #1

Is townhall a rw rag or am I misremembering? BootinUp Nov 2015 #2

VERY RW. riversedge Nov 2015 #4

Yes Dem2 Nov 2015 #6

Nope ornotna Nov 2015 #7

Why are people so paranoid about reading outside of just liberal blogs/links? Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #17

Not the least bit paranoid ornotna Nov 2015 #39

A lot of stuff would have been hidden back in the day SwampG8r Nov 2015 #46

Well...I think they are quoting the New York Times... do you dispute the stats or the conclusions? Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #13

Why are you posting crap from a RW site? riversedge Nov 2015 #3

I don't know I was just googling stuff...isn't this good news for Clinton though? Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #15

It's the policies that matter BainsBane Nov 2015 #5

Projection. Since when do any HRC supporters discuss policies? What's HRC's policy for rhett o rick Nov 2015 #11

You're evidently still angry about being put on the spot in the other thread BainsBane Nov 2015 #32

the data in the graph defines bizarro world. voting against self best interests. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #8

BULLSHIT! TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #9

article is from TownHall. I would not click on that RW site. riversedge Nov 2015 #10

Thanks for the advice. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #12

Maybe you should...or at least look at the graph at the NY times. It is interesting, to me, anyway. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #16

The base may not be as socially liberal as one might assume, TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #23

I think this is more of an identification thing rather than what policies you support but.. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #24

I think identity plays a larger role usually, TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #28

What's wierd to me is how the people w/ less money are more conservative... Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #30

poverty is stressful TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #35

And then what is also weird are how highly educated higher income people are more liberal. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #37

They are exposed to more art and culture. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #40

Bernie Sanders is polling at 30 percent in Iowa... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #33

I agree. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #38

Gallup's polling says the USA is 25% liberal and the Democratic Party is 45% liberal Recursion Nov 2015 #14

30 years ago I think the GOP breakdown would have been similar to the Democratic one. stevenleser Nov 2015 #18

Fair point (nt) Recursion Nov 2015 #19

It's nonsense, the Republicans were hugely conservative under Reagan, racist, anti gay to the point Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #41

It's not. There were still Northeastern Republicans in 1985 (nt) Recursion Nov 2015 #42

You could have asked me what I meant and you would have seen we don't disagree. stevenleser Nov 2015 #44

Liberal != Progressive BlueStateLib Nov 2015 #29

Gallup doesn't poll on "Progressive" self-identification Recursion Nov 2015 #31

The question is how did they define those terms "Liberal, Mostly Liberal, etc" stevenleser Nov 2015 #20

What did you think of the analysis at the townhall link? Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #22

I rarely agree with my friends on the other side of the aisle in media. stevenleser Nov 2015 #27

But I have heard here many times that the Country is too conservative for Bernie. Has that not... Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #36

Those are two different questions. stevenleser Nov 2015 #43

Sadly it seems the Democratic Party is too conservative for him as well. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #47

Dem base has LOST 10% of its membership since 2008. Repubs have lost a lot of their base too. sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #21

That's right. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #25

Yes, definitely. He is drawing support from disillusioned Repubs, former Paul libertarians, sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #26

Hopefully they are registered. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #34

If graph is true it speaks to education. As groups get poorer they become less consistently liberal. EndElectoral Nov 2015 #45