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Tom Rinaldo

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18. Again. this is what i initially posted in reply to your thread:
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 12:16 PM
Nov 7

"Her messaging was great. But 100 days of great messaging doesn't...
...undo a decades long brand problem."

You chose to focus on what was said during this campaign instead of what i actually raised. I generally agree with you about the last few months,, as I stated. I was commenting on trends that go back far longer, and those trend are problematic even though minority working class voters continue to back Democrats by large margins.

It has been a given for most of the last 50 years that Democrats seldom win a majority of white voters, not even white women. And our winning majorities, with strong support from minorities, are not large enough for us to afford continued leakage of minority support where class issues intersect.

I could say that "you don't have a clear view of what actually occurred" like you said to me, but i don't find comments like that useful to a discussion. I've gone as far down this rabbit hole as I have time for right now.

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I agree with one caveat, gab13by13 Nov 7 #1
I've been watching the post mortems closely, & our messaging needs to be improved, among other issues our party is Native Nov 7 #2
it appears that to get his voters we need to lie about the economy bigtree Nov 7 #8
you sound like my husband, lol. Native Nov 7 #20
not really on you bigtree Nov 7 #21
Gotcha Native Nov 7 #22
It clearly didn't work. TwilightZone Nov 7 #3
doesn't mean it was the wrong message bigtree Nov 7 #7
I don't think there was anything wrong with the messaging. Taraman Nov 7 #4
Yea. Our fellow citizens want fascism. Not much we can do with that. MaryMagdaline Nov 7 #5
"Nothing you say will change my mind." czarjak Nov 7 #6
She did run a great campaign. Elessar Zappa Nov 7 #9
That is a waste of time. These people didn't vote for Trump because of the economy. valleyrogue Nov 7 #12
as someone who was there almost every day bigtree Nov 7 #13
Her messaging was great. But 100 days of great messaging doesn't... Tom Rinaldo Nov 7 #10
the reality, though, was that Democrats were the ONLY ones actually doing anything for the 'working class' bigtree Nov 7 #15
I thought the theme was messaging, not policies Tom Rinaldo Nov 7 #16
I'm talking about what the candidates were saying bigtree Nov 7 #17
Again. this is what i initially posted in reply to your thread: Tom Rinaldo Nov 7 #18
kinda thinking going back a decade misses the point of this election and what happened bigtree Nov 7 #19
There was nothing wrong with her campaign. valleyrogue Nov 7 #11
I thought Kamala ran one of the best campaigns in history. It was amazing what she did in such Vinca Nov 7 #14
Not going to argue about changing messaging ibegurpard Nov 7 #23
Her campaign was flawless, it's her democratic voters who didn't vote who need the kick in the a$$. n/t SheilaAnn Nov 7 #24
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