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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why did Hillary Clinton lose the GE? [View all]exboyfil
(17,865 posts)34. It would have breaked convention but
Kaine should have gone after Pence instead of Trump in the debate. The pardon, the abortion laws, etc. Lots of issues that might have helped. I think lots of people voted for President Pence. No one is aware that he was one of the strongest backers of the Iraq invasion including arguing on the House floor long after it had become obvious that it was an epic disaster. He was also a big supporter of NAFTA updates.
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Comey was the thing that turned what was in her favor. but i think if there was a more active
JI7
Nov 2016
#1
you said the thing about populist and outsider. but Johnson and Portman doing much better goes
JI7
Nov 2016
#16
Also you could say pointing to a couple candidates doesn't tell the whole story either
mvd
Nov 2016
#22
all three of the blue states that flipped were crippled by NAFTA.... those voters didn't like her
putitinD
Nov 2016
#25
It was like the scene in Gladiator where the tigers start leaping out of the ground.
ucrdem
Nov 2016
#6
Sadly, this is much bigger than Hillary. Hillary can't be used to explain away a Republican-
Trust Buster
Nov 2016
#7
It's never just one thing but an accumulative buildup of many things. Serial low voter turnout
Trust Buster
Nov 2016
#11
Too flawed. She's a woman and she had the temerity to run for president? WTF was she thinking!
tandem5
Nov 2016
#23