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2016 Postmortem

Yurovsky

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2. Take a good look around...

Reply to blue cat (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 31, 2016, 09:04 AM

Dec 2016

There are more than a few folks on DU saying that (or worse). I'm not saying we can reach the Klan wing of Trump supporters, but there are counties and precincts that voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012 that went for Trump in 2016. That tells me, and anyone else willing to keep an open mind, that there are swing voters who may well vote Democrat in 2020, giebn a strong candidate with an appealing message. Hell, in 4 years "I'm not Trump" might be good enough, but selling a more humane and optimistic future for this nation should be a winner af6er the crap we are about to endure.

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If you support Hillary and still think the WWC can piss off... [View all] Yurovsky Dec 2016 OP

Really? blue cat Dec 2016 #1

Take a good look around... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #2

"Fuck 'em. All Trump voters deserve what they get." Beartracks Dec 2016 #27

Politico..... Laurian Dec 2016 #3

All workers matter True_Blue Dec 2016 #4

THIS all fucking day long LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #6

The very idea of the WWC is racist. baldguy Dec 2016 #8

And it suggests that working class POC must not care about economic issues. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #9

Right. Our focus should be on Employees. Basic LA Dec 2016 #12

+1... SidDithers Dec 2016 #14

You don't consider ot a voting bloc in the same way they break the dionysus Dec 2016 #16

So, how do you propose to address their "special needs" without resorting to alt-right fascism? baldguy Dec 2016 #18

but hispanics don't differentiate by claiming they are working class JI7 Dec 2016 #19

Well, "white poor and lower middle class" or the old "white blue collar" might be more dionysus Dec 2016 #20

it's not the term itself but more how it's talked about JI7 Dec 2016 #21

I see what you're saying. dionysus Dec 2016 #22

Exactly. Some seem to think "working class" is synonymous with white. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #25

They're trying desperately to get us to care True_Blue Dec 2016 #23

Exactly baldguy Dec 2016 #24

no, they stole the election the way they take them all. They used the American media. Focusing on JCanete Dec 2016 #28

faulty advisors isn't a valid excuse. GeorgeGist Dec 2016 #5

I don't know exactly how many WWC people voted for Clinton but it was a lot. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #7

It's the battle to keep Identity Politics front and center even after the disaster of 2016. jalan48 Dec 2016 #10

So, you really think a Politico article is going to be the one thing that finally sells its? kcr Dec 2016 #11

The desires of the WWC are, by definition, different... SidDithers Dec 2016 #13

I'm not white but I still get the distinction... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #15

he openly ran as a racist. they had other choices in the primary JI7 Dec 2016 #17

That doesn't excuse the WWC from embracing lies and fantasy instead of Clinton's realistic plan. LonePirate Dec 2016 #26