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2016 Postmortem

JI7

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4. look at the people elected to congress. establishment complaints were mostly

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:46 PM

Dec 2016

About non white men getting power.

If they have a problem with establishment why did so many vote against feingold ?

California went huge for Clinton because minorities make up majority.

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'Member Obama in 2008? [View all] Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 OP

2008 was a different time than 2016. 2008 was far more favorable for democrats JI7 Dec 2016 #1

Running against Trump is about as favorable as someone can get. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #2

look at the people elected to congress. establishment complaints were mostly JI7 Dec 2016 #4

How is it you can't understand that there is a difference BainsBane Dec 2016 #3

And they ignore feingolds loss JI7 Dec 2016 #5

Clinton beat Trump on "making wise trade policy decisions" in that same poll. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #7

I agree that many Americans are stupid and gullible. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #6

fdr was before civil rights JI7 Dec 2016 #8

And Obama was elected after civil rights. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #9

in a different environment but with same groups that supported Clinton JI7 Dec 2016 #10

He also remained just as "favorable" in the 2016 CNN exit polls as he did in 2012. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #13

Obama is a unique rate politician and there is nobody else like him JI7 Dec 2016 #14

Yeah, because the opinions of voters who think Obama is a Muslim BainsBane Dec 2016 #16

He lost some appeal to me with that appointment. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #17

Because you equate the 2008 and 16 elections as though they were comparable BainsBane Dec 2016 #15

She talked about campaign finance reform. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #18

Trump didn't win. Trump fixed the central vote counting machines with Putin's help UCmeNdc Dec 2016 #11

I sincerely hope that's the case and it's proven to be true. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #12