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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Hillary Lost: An Exhaustive Look [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,530 posts)16. How many different ways can you say
"Not enough Dems turned out to vote?"
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of course 11 days before the election, comey releasing the letter to the republicans in
still_one
Jan 2017
#14
She lost under the stupid electoral college rules we're stuck with.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2017
#8
There were a lot of factors, but I think what dealt the worst blow was the FBI interference
still_one
Jan 2017
#15
Good point. It's too binary to assume every single vote of hers would go to Clinton
underpants
Jan 2017
#30
No need to apologize, trump caters massively to racists, or is a racist himself.
dionysus
Jan 2017
#47
If we treated the pro-union part of the white working class as part of our base (which they are)
40yearyellowdog
Jan 2017
#35
I think they voted for the one they thought would work to create jobs in their hometowns and didn't
40yearyellowdog
Jan 2017
#49
So greed and racism. Their "white plight" is so bad, they'll accept the racist Trump. Ain't right.
Hoyt
Jan 2017
#50
Agree with every single word of this -great summary of all the factors (except for one)
pkdu
Jan 2017
#9
Let's ignore the fact that since 2013 14 states added restrictive voter and voter ID requirements.
still_one
Jan 2017
#12
I told ya, the mere subject will make heads explode, some will go nuts and not even
dionysus
Jan 2017
#26
I did read the frigging thing, and my head DIDN'T explode. I don't agree that the reason she lost
still_one
Jan 2017
#56
Yes I did. I believe the effect was greater because of the 47% who didn't vote.
still_one
Jan 2017
#55
I think most of the voter ID laws were overturned, or there were ways around them. Agree on Comey
Hoyt
Jan 2017
#51
Not entirely true. In North Carolina, thousands of voters were removed from the voting roster. The
still_one
Jan 2017
#54
I got purged from rolls too in a town I had not voted in in 10 years because I moved.
Hoyt
Jan 2017
#57
That isn't why the NAACP won the case against North Carolina for the purging of the votes.
still_one
Jan 2017
#58
North Carolina was pretty close, and Roy Cooper did get in as Governor, I would like to think my
still_one
Jan 2017
#62
Lived in Raleigh 50+ years ago. You are right, NC is not always red. I'm south of U.
Hoyt
Jan 2017
#63
I am saddened that he repeats the false claim that Trump did better than Romney among Latinos.
StevieM
Jan 2017
#13
Yep, that's the one. I hate that this fictitious claim is still being widely referenced as if
StevieM
Jan 2017
#37
Thanks. I thought it covered everything except GOP voter suppression, which sadly
dionysus
Jan 2017
#22
"If everyone who voted for Jill Stein in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin had voted for Hillary
40yearyellowdog
Jan 2017
#29
With 11 days to go she was in good enough shape to win even without those votes.
StevieM
Jan 2017
#38