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2016 Postmortem

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts) Tue Nov 22, 2016, 10:01 AM Nov 2016

Who should have been our nominee in 2016? [View all]

Just curious to see where we are at. Full disclosure - I supported Bernie Sanders in the Primaries, but voted for Hillary Clinton in the General (of course).

Bryant

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	Hillary Clinton
	10 (40%)
	Bernie Sanders
	8 (32%)
	We should have had a third nominee.
	3 (12%)
	I supported Trump (also my brain doesn't work properly).
	0 (0%)
	Why did you post this bullshit poll?
	4 (16%)
	I like to vote!
	0 (0%)
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Who should have been our nominee in 2016? [View all] el_bryanto Nov 2016 OP

Meh Lithos Nov 2016 #1

Agree 100% n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #2

Please. I'm so tired of this. Please WhiteTara Nov 2016 #3

what's the difference between criticizing and bashing? el_bryanto Nov 2016 #8

No. I don't think that you should go somewhere else WhiteTara Nov 2016 #10

As of now, a bunch of bullshit is tied 8 to 8. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #4

That's been pretty consistent. el_bryanto Nov 2016 #7

I can and have criticized Clinton and praised Sanders on this board. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #9

I really don't think it would have mattered who we had. JimBeard Nov 2016 #5

the person who won 4 million more votes than the other person La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2016 #6

Hillary was an excellent candidiate..She had to go up against Comey, Trump, the MEDIA, and... asuhornets Nov 2016 #11

Given that we lost, we obviously should have run someone else andym Nov 2016 #12

Susan Sarandon and Killer Mike...nt SidDithers Nov 2016 #13

LOL, at least we dodged that bullet. ucrdem Nov 2016 #14

This post is a waste of time. it is done. Over. UCmeNdc Nov 2016 #15

There was one candidate who was ready to keep the Obama recovery roaring. ucrdem Nov 2016 #16

Joe Biden would have taken the Rust Belt. KamaAina Nov 2016 #17

Trash thread Dem2 Nov 2016 #18