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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Hillary Clinton Bombed With White Evangelical Voters [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)48. THANK you!
Certain white folks are the only voters that candidates are supposed to go chasing around after.
We never hear anyone make a big deal about what they need to do to get the support of blacl or brown voters. When we don't support a candidate, it's just assumed we either don't know any better or can't be persuaded - and then people shrug and move on to someone else. But white working class voters, regardless their history and attitudes, are treated as if their shit doesn't stink and everyone must fall all over themselves trying to get their love - even if it means ignoring our own base.
It's sickening.
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i thought these people were about jesus. And many of them don't think women should work
JI7
Dec 2016
#4
First--they never would have voted for her as she was for reproductive rights, period.
ismnotwasm
Dec 2016
#44
I don't blame her for not showing up. Why chase votes of people who typically don't vote for your
coolbreeze77
Dec 2016
#10
That's one way of looking at it but I saw 2016 as a base election that we didn't win because
coolbreeze77
Dec 2016
#24
I don't trust any numbers at this point the numbers said she was going to win too.
coolbreeze77
Dec 2016
#27
Ted Cruz lost the evangelicals to Trump which is more evidence they are voting on bigotry
JI7
Dec 2016
#33
I wonder just how many votes Hillary lost when she labled half of Trump supporters as ...
spin
Dec 2016
#35
My simple answer is because Hillary is a woman...many Evangelicals think women...
iluvtennis
Dec 2016
#34
yep, that's an interesting hypothesis. Would bet they overlook their values and go with the man...
iluvtennis
Dec 2016
#46