2016 Postmortem

OKNancy

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10. another article on the exact same subject

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Nov 2016

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Donald Trump Is the Result of White Rage, Not Economic Anxiety [View all] OKNancy Nov 2016 OP

And the 41% who did not bother to vote? guillaumeb Nov 2016 #1

Has there ever been 100% turnout Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #3

Of course not. But the fact that this many registered voters did not vote guillaumeb Nov 2016 #7

Indeed Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #11

Agreed. Michigan and Wisconsin targeted minority voters for removal from voter rolls. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #12

How many impediments to voting do you think are in all these rural areas? And how long the lines? bullimiami Nov 2016 #20

What's your point? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #22

my point is its easy to vote in rural areas and hard to vote in cities. by design. bullimiami Nov 2016 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #37

In Mn, over 70% of the electorate votes BainsBane Nov 2016 #16

Nice points. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #50

Which means citizens bought into the negative dirty bullshit Trunmp spouted every day for 18 months TeamPooka Nov 2016 #28

You can thank the NEWS media for endlessly promoting this idiot duffyduff Nov 2016 #45

Yes they did. The GOP spends billions on negative advertising because it does work. eom guillaumeb Nov 2016 #51

Get what they deserve in a Trump Presidency. leftofcool Nov 2016 #4

Unfortunately we also will get much the same. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #8

Yes, we should write them off. duffyduff Nov 2016 #47

That's kind of surprising. ucrdem Nov 2016 #13

I provided a link here: guillaumeb Nov 2016 #14

Thanks, yes that's what I'm referring to. ucrdem Nov 2016 #17

Its absurd that someone who voted for Trump would tell an exit poll they voted for Hillary. bullimiami Nov 2016 #21

The "Bradley effect" in action? guillaumeb Nov 2016 #48

No reason to care about people that apathetic treestar Nov 2016 #41

It does seem that way. Or they truly believe that there is no substantive difference guillaumeb Nov 2016 #49

Tend to agree Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #2

Ohioans, Tired of Status Quo, Flipped to Trump for Change. elleng Nov 2016 #5

Hey, wait. Wilms Nov 2016 #18

You got it! elleng Nov 2016 #19

In PA, Obama beat McCain in 2008 by over 10%... SMC22307 Nov 2016 #26

Exactly. elleng Nov 2016 #27

makes no sense. the black guy won in those states. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2016 #35

voter suppression ain't going away soon. how to reject neo-nazi's if they rig the system? n/t SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2016 #36

and what a change they got DemonGoddess Nov 2016 #56

I tend to believe this was mix of both... yes white nationalist agenda did resonate to this section MyNameIsKhan Nov 2016 #6

I agree with this post.. northoftheborder Nov 2016 #9

another article on the exact same subject OKNancy Nov 2016 #10

No doubt about it. ucrdem Nov 2016 #15

That is because these Trump white dudes are stupid duffyduff Nov 2016 #25

Sexism is far more a factor than racism. If race had been an issue, Obama would duffyduff Nov 2016 #23

I know Bernie woulda won big. ErikJ Nov 2016 #29

You guys keep making the same whack argument. Truth is, your anecdotes aside, you DO NOT "know..... Tarheel_Dem Nov 2016 #38

It's not one or the other imo. It's both racism and economic anxiety. hedda_foil Nov 2016 #30

Many of these white voters voted for Obama, not once, but twice. B Calm Nov 2016 #31

Exactly. And against two Republicans less disliked and mistruted than Trump Tom Rinaldo Nov 2016 #43

Actually, they did not. Romney won the White vote by a bigger margin than Reagan did in'84. Yavin4 Nov 2016 #53

I still think it was a coup world wide wally Nov 2016 #32

The FBI leadership cadre are enemies of the people. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2016 #42

It was. nt JTFrog Nov 2016 #57

K & R SunSeeker Nov 2016 #33

Only true thing donald ever said, the election is rigged. mountain grammy Nov 2016 #34

Projecting again. world wide wally Nov 2016 #44

One wonders how much the Obama admin. tried to intercede. callous taoboy Nov 2016 #39

Perfect storm. tavernier Nov 2016 #40

4.9% unemployment rate. It's hard to think this equates to economic insecurity. randome Nov 2016 #46

This paragraph from the article says it all. muntrv Nov 2016 #52

This article was spot on. Yavin4 Nov 2016 #54

Add a little Salon, Nation, Amy, etc. oh, don't forget Cornell West phallon Nov 2016 #55