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2016 Postmortem

jack_krass

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42. Enigmatic. Voting is about a compromise between choice

Reply to NanceGreggs (Reply #16)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:15 AM

Dec 2016

A and choice B. Balancing the good and the bad. Id like to keep an open mind and try to understand why people voted the way they did rather than mindlessly condemning them as racist bigots or Nazis.

For example, did you ever stop and think that maybe , just maybe it's our candidate who was the problem not the voters?

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In this election there was no ambiguity where trump stood or what the republican agenda was [View all] still_one Nov 2016 OP

A hell of a lot more Obama voters... sfwriter Nov 2016 #1

NO! Their actions elected trump period. The damage that will be done in the next four years will still_one Nov 2016 #4

"Growth will return in the Spring"... n/t lapfog_1 Nov 2016 #27

Isn't that ironic GummyBearz Nov 2016 #32

Good question. NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #5

Start by not calling the people whos votes you need "stupid" (nt) jack_krass Nov 2016 #15

What else do you call them? NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #16

Enigmatic. Voting is about a compromise between choice jack_krass Dec 2016 #42

No, I dont think our candidate was the problem. NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #43

I'm trying to think of another more appropriate term DFW Nov 2016 #26

That is the point Cosmocat Nov 2016 #28

I'm skeptical of this gollygee Nov 2016 #35

Exactly. NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #2

Or didn't vote at all. Yavin4 Nov 2016 #19

Exactly. n/t NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #20

K&R etherealtruth Nov 2016 #3

Yes. sheshe2 Nov 2016 #6

Spent the best part of the last three weeks Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #7

The economy is doing very well oberliner Nov 2016 #8

Kind of miss leading stats. Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #13

Hillary spent a lot of time and money in Ohio and Pennsylvania oberliner Nov 2016 #23

We did not offer any Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #25

Workforce skills and job training oberliner Nov 2016 #30

I teach economics TDBroke Nov 2016 #14

This Calculating Nov 2016 #22

We can blame everybody TDBroke Nov 2016 #29

Unemployment is very low right now. Kingofalldems Nov 2016 #38

You didn't read TDBroke Nov 2016 #40

Sure did. Try again. Kingofalldems Nov 2016 #41

On what planet? Kilgore Nov 2016 #33

No, it wasn't Cosmocat Nov 2016 #36

Clinton lost and was responsible for losing. David__77 Nov 2016 #9

No. The self-identifed progressives WHO REFUSED to vote for Hillary, voted for trump by their still_one Nov 2016 #11

And, still, Clinton was responsible for losing. David__77 Nov 2016 #12

Ag, yes, Hillary is solely responsible. NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #17

Sanders lost too. David__77 Nov 2016 #18

Well, there is a large contingent of people ... NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #21

Voters are responsible for Trump. End of story. andym Nov 2016 #10

YEP! Cosmocat Nov 2016 #34

K&R betsuni Nov 2016 #24

K&R mcar Nov 2016 #31

You can tell who they are, too. yallerdawg Nov 2016 #37

People wanted a BIG CHANGE. astral Nov 2016 #39