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2016 Postmortem

Ace Rothstein

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14. You know 17 people who voted Obama then Trump?

Reply to Exilednight (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 10:00 PM

Dec 2016

Did they say why they switched?

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Did those white folks that switched really vote for Obama or for campaign Obama? [View all] djsunyc Dec 2016 OP

I don't believe they voted for Obama in 08 or 12....nt asuhornets Dec 2016 #1

My Brother Voted for Obama, then Romney, then Trump hollowdweller Dec 2016 #9

Whoa!!! Did he say why he voted for Romney and Trump? Just wondering...nt asuhornets Dec 2016 #15

Me either True_Blue Dec 2016 #16

Neither do I. Igel Dec 2016 #31

Shitler is not charismatic IMO onecaliberal Dec 2016 #2

Very few of the so-called white working class flipped allegiances. TheLibIn615 Dec 2016 #3

+1, due to voter suppression...41000 estimate in WI uponit7771 Dec 2016 #22

If that were truly the case, what explains the flipping of Maine's 2nd Congressional District? PotatoChip Dec 2016 #35

Those people were attracted to the message of CHANGE both times NoGoodNamesLeft Dec 2016 #4

We've chatted on this before... JHan Dec 2016 #6

Just scanning over them they look interesting NoGoodNamesLeft Dec 2016 #19

there weren't that many. about equal number voted for Hillary and mccain/romney JI7 Dec 2016 #5

It probably depends on the state. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #7

You pretty much nailed it. Exilednight Dec 2016 #11

You know 17 people who voted Obama then Trump? Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #14

None of them liked Hillary. Exilednight Dec 2016 #17

"There's a lot of history behind her, and it's not easily dismissed. " EL34x4 Dec 2016 #24

Don't include me in your "we". Exilednight Dec 2016 #26

My point was that posts that brought up Hillary's negatives... EL34x4 Dec 2016 #27

I think after the GWB presidency more people are against any kind of dynasty elections Reality101 Dec 2016 #36

They didn't. This is a media bullshit narrative. duffyduff Dec 2016 #8

even the REagan Democrats were mainly dixiecrats JI7 Dec 2016 #10

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #21

Evidence that this is a "bullshit median narrative?" YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #33

2 of my cousins HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #12

Something pretty clearly happened in the upper midwest. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #13

We not going to learn from it n/t Lurks Often Dec 2016 #29

Those who voted for tRumputin ... LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #18

Yes but Obama wasn't running against an overt racist uponit7771 Dec 2016 #20

The Counties That Flipped From Obama To Trump, In 3 Charts Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #23

25 years of lies and smears combined with voter suppression,vote flipping and Russian hacking libtodeath Dec 2016 #25

I know more than a few who did... vi5 Dec 2016 #28

It wouldn't surprise me if some white voters switched to Trump after seeing... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #30

Yes, they did. And yes, they voted for the charisma. Tatiana Dec 2016 #32

The meme that they were Obama voters was made up whole cloth by the Bro's. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #34