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FBaggins

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8. I see you saying that you've addressed it... but I still don't see it.
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 04:52 PM
Dec 2016

Let me be clearer. If (just as an example - I don't know the actual figures) WCW's in Michigan who said that the economy was their top issue were 70-30% supporters of Obama in 2012... then the fact that they narrowly preferred Clinton this time around would not be evidence that "working class whites/economic messaging" was a dead narrative. In fact, it would demonstrate just the opposite.

You've shown the second data point (that she maintained a slight majority of both demographics). Until you compare it to the same statistic in prior exit polls, you can't claim to have addressed the issue.

I don't disagree with the rest of your points here.

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