2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Van Jones Blames 'Hurricane Trump' on Unexpected Culprit [View all]NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)I'm a registered Independent swing voter who has been voting exclusively for Democrats since McCain chose Palin as his VP. I grew up in rural New England but have lived in several urban areas and suburban areas. I had to move away from rural New England due to there being NO JOBS. I understand those people who voted for Obama and then voted for Trump. The majority of those voters in the rust belt aren't bigots...they are a couple of hundred dollars away from being homeless and having no food to give their kids. Instead of giving a shit about their needs (and they have been loyal Dem voters for years) many liberals are more concerned about being able to legally get stoned for fun they they are about these voters' children having their most basic NEEDS met. And you feel entitled to their vote just because Trump is a dog whistle blowing asswipe who capitalized on his appeal to a very loud and ugly minority of Republican voters in order to get elected? What did Democrats do to EARN their votes? That's how it works, you know. No candidate is entitled to ANY votes. They have to EARN them.
You keep right on calling those usually Dem voters racists and bigots when they are just fed up and pissed off at you not caring about their children having a home and food and see how that works for you. Do you ever want to win again? Just having the West coast, New York and some surrounding New England states is NOT enough.