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2016 Postmortem

TwilightZone

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3. Thank you.

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 07:03 PM

Dec 2016

Thanks for playing an active part in the process.

I think just about anyone who can should volunteer on election night at least once, in part because it would blow some of our silly misconceptions about how things really operate into orbit.

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There's no shading it, Harris County (Texas) went undeniably blue [View all] TwilightZone Dec 2016 OP

Congrats to the lovely blue oasis. riversedge Dec 2016 #1

We have a few.... TwilightZone Dec 2016 #8

Don't forget El Paso Rstrstx Dec 2016 #10

Agreed. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #15

I was in the Harris County voter protection war room on election night Gothmog Dec 2016 #2

Thank you. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #3

Harris County elections are run by a tea party nut case named Stan Stannart Gothmog Dec 2016 #5

And Dan Patrick's kid lost his judgeship. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #7

Hillary did much better than Obama in TX (in 2012) in general. LisaL Dec 2016 #4

No, but it's a start. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #6

This is great progress RonniePudding Dec 2016 #9

Perhaps the southern and northern parts of the state need to divorce Rstrstx Dec 2016 #11

Not sure where that map came from, but it's not accurate. Dallas, for one, was blue. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #13

It's from redraw the map Rstrstx Dec 2016 #18

Ah. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #19

Most states are going to have red suburbs surrounding the cities Rstrstx Dec 2016 #20

Obama took almost all the TX urban areas in both 2008 and 2012. Paladin Dec 2016 #12

Um, that's pretty much the entire point of this post. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #14

I had 2 sets of GOP canvasers knock on my door and I live in one of the more liberal areas... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #16

Better turnout in the other already-blue and purple areas might be easier. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #17

This really points to a problem with the electoral college. yardwork Dec 2016 #21

Blue for Hillary! Thank you, TwilightZone.. which Cha Dec 2016 #22

lol, no kidding. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #23

lol Gonna be long ass one.. Cha Dec 2016 #24