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2016 Postmortem

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MineralMan

(148,124 posts)
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:51 PM Dec 2016

On what issues are Trump's positions better than Hillary's? [View all]

I can't think of a single one. I couldn't before the election, either. For me, that made Hillary Clinton a far superior candidate to get my vote. Now, that's not saying that Clinton went far enough on some issues, but I couldn't find a single thing that Trump wants to do that I can approve of in any way.

That's my dilemma in trying to figure out how and why Trump won over Hillary. I vote in elections for whichever of the candidates who have a chance of winning has the better positions on issues I care about or on issues that are important to others. That's how I've always made my voting decisions. I have assumed that others vote in similar ways.

Sometimes, I know that the candidate I support will not win. But, I cast my vote for the candidate I think is better in that election and who has at least some potential to win. So, I don't get 2016 at all. So, I'm asking this question in this thread. If anyone can come up with any issue where Trump had a better position, I'd like to hear it. I just can't think of any.

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