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2016 Postmortem

FBaggins

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8. Was there supposed to be a relevant point in there?

Reply to boston bean (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 10:06 AM

Dec 2016

It may have been deleted.

Why does her vote total matter compared to candidates of particular color/gender who she didn't run against? She had more votes than Dewey and Truman combined... does that matter?

I suggest you look at numbers of 3rd party voters in 2016 compared to 2012 or 2008.

Why? Different issues/candidates/years/economies/issues/etc... mean differing turnout and voter preferences.

The key point you're missing is that even with a successful Democratic President to follow, the premier name in Democratic politics, and an opponent as "gadawful" as Trump... she was unable to persuade enough people to show up and vote for her in the states that she knew she needed to win (FL/NC/OH/NH/MI/WI/PA). That's on her and her campaign.

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ok so here it is [View all] rtracey Dec 2016 OP

Faulty premise FBaggins Dec 2016 #1

Are you saying they would have went for trump? boston bean Dec 2016 #2

Of course not FBaggins Dec 2016 #3

So many or most were anyone but hillary? boston bean Dec 2016 #4

Having trouble with logic this morning? FBaggins Dec 2016 #5

Millions were disenfranchised. Still she has the highest number of votes of any white man. boston bean Dec 2016 #7

Was there supposed to be a relevant point in there? FBaggins Dec 2016 #8

All of them were relevant in response to your inquiries. whether you see them as relevant or not is boston bean Dec 2016 #10

My guess, they probably would not have voted at all. Exilednight Dec 2016 #9

K&R mcar Dec 2016 #6

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