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2016 Postmortem

jack69

(163 posts)

13. voter count

Reply to JSup (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 05:12 PM

Dec 2016

Voter % was pathetic, barely over 50%. That means that either candidate only got about 25% of the available vote. Something has to be done to educate the voters that this is important and you need to do your duties or these things happen, as we are witnessing.

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Dem blame game rages over Clinton loss [View all] JSup Dec 2016 OP

Sure we can! HassleCat Dec 2016 #1

I guess you're right... JSup Dec 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author JSup Dec 2016 #2

Why not? Let's keep eating our own while the jmg257 Dec 2016 #4

I was, and still am an avid Bernie supporter, pennylane100 Dec 2016 #5

Thank you... JSup Dec 2016 #6

Thank you Generic Brad Dec 2016 #7

Hillary did not run the smartest campaign, but I do believe this election was stolen. Tatiana Dec 2016 #10

You seem to want to have your cake and eat it. pennylane100 Dec 2016 #11

Yes. That's exactly what I'm suggesting. Obama would not have had the election stolen. Tatiana Dec 2016 #14

Your argument does not make sense. pennylane100 Dec 2016 #15

Yes, thank you. It came down to 80k voters who drank the Trump Kool aid. Persondem Dec 2016 #8

hillary won the vote by 2.5 mil, we gained senate and house seats. lots of positives if one looks & msongs Dec 2016 #9

You don't need to actually read the threads. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #12

voter count jack69 Dec 2016 #13