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2016 Postmortem

TwilightZone

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1. That's the joke with all these people who claim they were voting as an anti-establishment move.

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 01:02 PM

Nov 2016

They voted for Trump - and every incumbent Republican candidate in Congress. Ok, makes perfect sense. Not.

The anti-establishment angle was grossly overblown in this election. It was mostly just a cover and an excuse to vote for a psychopath.

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The fact remains that those who did vote, and those who didn't vote rejected the Senate Democrats [View all] still_one Nov 2016 OP

That's the joke with all these people who claim they were voting as an anti-establishment move. TwilightZone Nov 2016 #1

Agreed. Garrett78 Nov 2016 #2

That is the myth being thrown around. What is also NOT discussed by the media still_one Nov 2016 #3