In this election there was no ambiguity where trump stood or what the republican agenda was

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35. I'm skeptical of this

I think a lot of people who haven't voted before came out and voted for Trump because they identified with his racism. People I know who live in rural (and more racist) areas of Michigan talked about how huge the lines were and how far they had to walk to get to their polling places. They say that while in line, people were talking about how they'd never voted for President before, but how much they loved Trump.

And I think that a lot of people who voted for Obama didn't come out to vote because they were not excited to vote for Hillary.

The overall numbers shifted, but I don't think it's generally the same people. I know one person who voted for Obama and voted for Trump, so I know it happened at least a bit, but I am skeptical about this claim that it was a lot of people.

I don't think there's an issue about losing voters. I do think there's an issue of a new voting block of people who haven't voted in the past but who will vote Republican every single time, if they continue to vote. I also think we have to choose candidates who excite Democrats more so we get more people on our side out to vote. But nobody the Democrats could have chosen would have gotten the votes of rural Michigan Trump voters. I know these people. They aren't voting for any Democratic candidate for anything. In rural parts of Michigan, local elections are decided in the Republican primary, because there aren't any Democrats to run. That's part of why people in rural parts of Michigan aren't that interested in the general election. There are no local elections decided at general elections.