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2016 Postmortem

boston bean

(36,533 posts) Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:47 AM Dec 2016

Hillary beat Trump by Millions of votes. [View all]

Nothing was rigged against him.

Democrats and a clear majority of people wanted Hillary.

Voting for Hillary was not a bad thing.

Why are people so willing to scapegoat people/groups of people who voted for Hillary versus those who did not?

This is some strange times we are living in.

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Hillary beat Trump by Millions of votes. [View all] boston bean Dec 2016 OP

Because scapegoating DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #1

And scapegoating does something else. HassleCat Dec 2016 #5

Actually, voting third party WAS just like voting for Trump DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #7

I see your point HassleCat Dec 2016 #8

K&R! stonecutter357 Dec 2016 #2

The problem is Flavius Aetius Dec 2016 #3

Welcome to DU. n/t musicblind Dec 2016 #4

Hillary knew the EC rules going in Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #10

I think some of it is to prevent cognitive dissonance. musicblind Dec 2016 #6

they have the presidency, house, senate, most state legislatures and governorships Amishman Dec 2016 #9