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2016 Postmortem

Garrett78

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2. Agreed.

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 01:08 PM

Nov 2016

The re-election rate of incumbents, including major proponents of the TPP, was actually higher than normal.

I touched upon that here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512632931. I gave more details in an essay I wrote.

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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