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2016 Postmortem

Demsrule86

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10. I think trade did matter personally

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Wed Nov 16, 2016, 11:07 AM

Nov 2016

However, other DUer's look at Feingold's loss to a free trader, and also Hillary voted against CAFTA while in the Senate. She had nothing to do with NAFTA. Trump, on the other hand, imported illegal steel from China. I can see both sides.

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Why the fixation with trying to prove trade didn't matter? [View all] Ken Burch Nov 2016 OP

because it's usually used to avoid the real reason people voted the way they did JI7 Nov 2016 #1

Feingold lost because of the massive number of negative ads run against him. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #2

but it was the issue when they support someone like Trump and a free trade candidate who aligns with JI7 Nov 2016 #3

You can't assume it's universal among those voters on that. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #4

nothing is 100 percent . but it's a much bigger part of it than anything else JI7 Nov 2016 #5

"we all agree that Trump appealed to hate". Much it directed at Mexicans and NAFTA. Nobody pampango Nov 2016 #6

Wrong. You are thirty years too late to the party. n/t duffyduff Nov 2016 #18

Cause that would mean acknowledging we nominated the wrong candidate. nt LostOne4Ever Nov 2016 #7

Because manufacturing jobs are never coming back. It's a fantasy to believe otherwise. randome Nov 2016 #8

Jobs must come back or this country is over and they can come back. Demsrule86 Nov 2016 #11

It's the Information Age. The jobs are out there for anyone in IT and mobile. randome Nov 2016 #14

That is untrue. Demsrule86 Nov 2016 #15

Thank you! And coal jobs are not coming back either... it's a new world. NurseJackie Nov 2016 #12

And that should ALSO have been done. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #20

What's with 4/5 OPs about this? bettyellen Nov 2016 #9

I think trade did matter personally Demsrule86 Nov 2016 #10

"Fixation" ... HA! That cracks me up! NurseJackie Nov 2016 #13

I am not to blame for the defeat. And the Sanders supporters did nothing to deserve your hatred. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #21

Every class is brought up they need to accuse others of been racist. Cobalt Violet Nov 2016 #16

Why should I care about the aggrieved white dudes who wouldn't have voted Dem anyway? duffyduff Nov 2016 #17

If you think that trade deals are the reasons why the factories, then you're mis-informed. Yavin4 Nov 2016 #19