Obama says Democrats lost by not showing up

[WilliamH1474]

67. I agree and somewhat disagree.

I agree that stuff like scrubbing the rolls is dirty and the other things that the rethugs have done to suppress the voters did hinder Hillary's win but I disagree with the idea that African Americans are singled out by voter ID laws.

I am one of the only White guys in my apartment complex. I am really good friends with a lot of the African Americans who live next to me, and below me. I have actually asked them about this very thing, and they all looked at me like I was crazy. My downstairs neighbor was actually upset because he thought it was basically an attempt to say that African Americans don't have ID's.
They all said that ID's have no bearing on if they will vote or not.

On election day, I asked all of them at different times if they needed a ride to vote or anything, and all declined.. After the most stinging defeat since 2000, I asked them if they voted. Every single one said no, and when we started talking about it, they basically said that since Obama was not running, that they felt no need to vote. I was shocked by this and continued talking to them. Only one said they actually liked Hillary and the rest said she was not appealing to them, and since they hated Trump they decided to just stay home.

I think a lot of the reason the turn out was so low, was because there was no real charismatic aspect to Hillary like there was to Obama. I tried to get them to see the light all year, but when it came down to it, they had work to get to and other things to do besides vote.

Not trying to start a fight or anything, but I think we have to have an open dialogue on why we lost, so we can win next time.