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(81,856 posts)62. Good point. I blame you
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Everything on your list is now in jeopardy for decades due to today's USSC retirement news.
beaglelover
Jun 2018
#3
Only 10% of Independents do not vote along party lines. I didn't say ignore Independents
seaglass
Jun 2018
#29
Some independents lean Republican, some lean Democratic. They aren't a monolithic block n/t
emulatorloo
Jun 2018
#130
You're so right! Way past time to end the 2016 blame game...we need to unite & look to the future!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jun 2018
#60
Of eligible voters is referenced in the Pew Research report, so that has been addressed I think.
Bread and Circus
Jun 2018
#36
VSM's in 08 & 12 did not match what went into law by 16. I've found no PEW polling on how
uponit7771
Jun 2018
#45
2016 was the first presidential election following the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. N/T
lapucelle
Jun 2018
#132
I think the point is that people need to learn to tell the difference between an imperfect friend...
nycbos
Jun 2018
#17
Links please, because what I read is black people in Milwaukee and Detroit didn't turn out to vote.
Bread and Circus
Jun 2018
#42
Hogwash. What you are saying is it had nothing to do with the number of people who voted for Trump,
KPN
Jun 2018
#78
It's possible that she chose the wrong mate. But here is how I allocate the blame:
ecstatic
Jun 2018
#66
Fuck Jill Stein voters and Susan Sarandon supporters. They did not vote Dem and can go to hell.
LonePirate
Jun 2018
#16
Sorry, but your support of Jill Stein was and continues to be a horrible mistake.
DanTex
Jun 2018
#21
The time for unity was on November 8, 2016. As of today, Stein voters are essentially Republicans.
LonePirate
Jun 2018
#51
Thanks for the enlightenment Dan. The OP must have had a change of heart as some do
seaglass
Jun 2018
#46
Oh ffs, Ocasio-Cortez is not a RWer. Outrageous attack on a soon to be elected
Exotica
Jun 2018
#110
No, not listening to half wits like Stein and Sarandon is the lesson. It is on their head that
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#31
Maybe. But that's not what cost Clinton the election as least by a read of the numbers I linked.
Bread and Circus
Jun 2018
#74
+1, "received enough votes to impact the states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, and Michigan. "
uponit7771
Jun 2018
#53
At this point, that's all we can do. Keep an arsenal of the facts handy and ready to deploy. nt.
spicysista
Jun 2018
#142
Yes, this is a terrible op. I'm not sure what he was trying to do here. nt.
spicysista
Jun 2018
#134
First of all I think this is a terrible post...and secondly many voters were targeted for voter
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#47
Actually the point of the post is to show that your premises are incorrect.
Bread and Circus
Jun 2018
#69
There's plenty of blame to go around. Don't worry, they get a share of it. n/t
cynatnite
Jun 2018
#70
The exit polls misstated Trump's performance among Latinos. Here are some articles that demonstrate
StevieM
Jun 2018
#73
Like I said, the numbers show Jill Stein Voters weren't the issue. Numbers don't lie. Sorry.
Bread and Circus
Jun 2018
#95
What the numbers show is African American Voter went down and minorities
Bread and Circus
Jun 2018
#113
I'll tell you what those polls DON'T reflect. They don't reflect how many people the Sarandon's and
still_one
Jun 2018
#92
I'm not following your logic. 100% of Stein voters and Sarandon (AFAIK) did not vote for
spooky3
Jun 2018
#102
The fact is that Jill Stein took enough votes in the 3 critical states to swing the election.
pnwmom
Jun 2018
#103
Yes, definitely complicated. But if they had not played their role Hillary might be President.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2018
#111
Jill Stein is a mediocre, pretty limited buffoon and Susan is a pretty good actress
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jun 2018
#114
"if there is any demographic that "dropped off"...it would be the African American vote."
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2018
#117
But you don't know where those 3rd party numbers came from or where they would have went.
Bread and Circus
Jun 2018
#157
Yes...let's blame Comey! Even tho the polls show he didn't cost the election.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2018
#118
"Voting is a civic responsibility" and yet Asian and Latino voting turnout is way way under...
Bread and Circus
Jun 2018
#139
I am SOOOOOOO very with you on this. I'm so sick of the looking back and finger
Ferrets are Cool
Jun 2018
#124
Voter turnout for Presidential elections is worse in Latino and Asian populations.
Bread and Circus
Jun 2018
#150