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WellDarn

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7. The other 75%?

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Reply #4)

Fri May 26, 2017, 01:49 PM

May 2017

A majority of working class people VOTED FOR HILLARY. A majority of working class people have almost always voted for Drmocrats. A huge chunk of that "other 75%" you are talking about consists of the upper middle class white women and men who abandoned Obama and who abandoned Hillary almost solely over issues of race and class.

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Any suggestion that we should engage more black people and POC, instead of chasing after the WWC [View all] La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 OP

They instinctively know it will alienate some people they know.... bettyellen May 2017 #1

Because they have a tendency to put words in other people's mouths emulatorloo May 2017 #2

I wonder why WellDarn May 2017 #3

i didn't answer you because your post was long and i needed time for a lengthy response. La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #5

May I suggest that calling WellDarn May 2017 #8

Oh, one other thing WellDarn May 2017 #10

The idea that the Democratic Party should chase a group of people The Polack MSgt May 2017 #4

recently there was a study that whites who were genuinely economically anxious voted for her La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #6

Again I agree WellDarn May 2017 #9

The other 75%? WellDarn May 2017 #7

Point I was trying to make is this The Polack MSgt May 2017 #11

Yea, I understand WellDarn May 2017 #12

No worries cousin The Polack MSgt May 2017 #13

IMHO... There needs to be a message which will appeal to People of Every Color MedusaX May 2017 #14

Thing is - JustAnotherGen May 2017 #18

They would rather believe the lie Quayblue May 2017 #15

And the lie that Trump won because 'economic anxiety' emulatorloo May 2017 #16

I definitely agree. Quayblue May 2017 #17

ALL VOTES MATTER!1!1!1 IronLionZion May 2017 #19