2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Democrats are not alienating white working class people from the democratic party nor [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)"They're all the same/ corrupt " memes that gained such traction but also that things have been relatively stable to good- and the press never credited Obama for low gas prices or increased prosperity. The polls really did a number on screwing the strategy. I don't know if it's a thing now to lie or is there were more people staying home or what.
A couple of friends who spent time in Michigan and Montana said the people there hadn't gotten the message of how bad Trump was. They thought he was a respected and successful man. Were all shocked when told that NYers think of him as a con man and buffoon. Hadn't heard about how he stiffed workers, all the lawsuits and scams, or the idiotic nonsense he had said on record. I'm not sure if we bought air time the right channels or what. But you'd think they'd know that was out there. Very strange to hear that. But it was all about hating tax and spend liberals who like abortion and immigrants more than them. That's the idea they had of us. They're greedy about taxes and want to deregulate businesses and think the GOP will help w that.