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2016 Postmortem

JHB

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3. Has anyone undertaken to make similar maps of patterns from past elections?

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Sun Dec 18, 2016, 11:48 AM

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What a bad ground game looks like. [View all] hellofromreddit Dec 2016 OP

The gerrymandering probably went a long way to give us this result. shraby Dec 2016 #1

I don't think that is the case here MichMan Dec 2016 #4

How so? Yonnie3 Dec 2016 #5

it helps determine who counts the votes, who suppresses the votes, who gets to vote KittyWampus Dec 2016 #12

I see. Yonnie3 Dec 2016 #16

If Republican legislatures vote to require photo id and then close DMV's in minority neighborhoods- KittyWampus Dec 2016 #21

Please she got more votes then any other candidate in history except for Obama in 2008 Botany Dec 2016 #2

Bangs forehead against wall ... sighs. KPN Dec 2016 #6

Unless the Polls are hacked... pbmus Dec 2016 #9

Oh yeah, that's why WE didn't win this election over the least liked, least favorable KPN Dec 2016 #23

We can't have an honest post mortem here. EL34x4 Dec 2016 #10

I get so many jury requests on posts discussing why Clinton lost. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #20

Good for you! Right on! KPN Dec 2016 #24

Yup BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #28

I'll give it a try then Yupster Dec 2016 #11

She talked a ton about jobs, voters liked her better on jobs and economics according to post bettyellen Dec 2016 #19

Then we need to talk about why that message failed to reach voters. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #27

The media key saying she didn't talk about jobs- they lied about her, made the bettyellen Dec 2016 #29

I certainly didn't hear her complaints about the media when they were ignoring Sanders. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #31

Because they would have laughed them off- she often complained they would not give time to issues bettyellen Dec 2016 #32

I don't see what repeating debunked nonsense will accomplish. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #35

Yup! KPN Dec 2016 #25

I suppose that matters if the plan is to excuse our way back into power. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #17

This! KPN Dec 2016 #26

Has anyone undertaken to make similar maps of patterns from past elections? JHB Dec 2016 #3

I looked around a little, but I couldn't find any hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #13

The biggest thing we have going for us Turbineguy Dec 2016 #7

It must have been fun naming the place names on the map Yupster Dec 2016 #8

The big mistake... kentuck Dec 2016 #14

That is true. Willie Pep Dec 2016 #18

Definitely true. The president is the head of 1 of HeartachesNhangovers Dec 2016 #22

Oh god, I can't possibly like this post enough... vi5 Dec 2016 #30

Inaccurate Picture sagesnow Dec 2016 #15

I like this quote realmirage Dec 2016 #33

There is a difference between preaching to the choir HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #34