2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: As a black loyal Democrat, I say SCREW the white working class who insist on voting Republican [View all]Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)Maybe we should tell some people who voted for Clinton to get the hell out too? Is that a good plan?
Case in point... the exit polls:
http://edition.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls
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Support (41%): Clinton 10% Trump 85%
If those Clinton voters go elsewhere, that's a reduction of about 4% of her vote.
I'm very thankful that most African Americans vote for the Democrats! I believe that Democrats are in MY best interest (and for the country as a whole), so I appreciate it!
I don't think it hurts to analyze the situation to figure out how Democrats might gain votes, even from people who voted for Trump. Maybe some of them only cared about their guns and they're brainwashed that Democrats want to take them all away?
And I understand the argument that people with "single issues" like that surely ignored Trump's obvious racism when they made their decision. Like many people on this planet, they were selfish and disregarded the bigger concerns of others. That's nothing new.
I don't think anyone here is suggesting that Democrats adopt a racist or anti-abortion platform.
MOST white people voted for Hillary Clinton if they didn't label themselves as "born again" or "evangelicals" in the national exit polls. The married ones voted for Trump even more. What does that mean? Is there something about being "born again" and married that makes people more racist? I doubt it. I think most of them simply have a greater sense of personal security and they believe that Democrats will tax them to benefit others, not themselves. There are indeed people who are convinced, even among the working class, that liberal policies will never do them any good.
Bottom line... the Democratic party might need to look at the numbers and try to figure out if there's some inroads to be made anywhere while still maintaining policies that try to lift up our most vulnerable citizens.
One of the first things that I'd recommend is putting national-level gun regulations on the back burner because I think it's hurting us in rural areas. Cities and states should still be free to regulate guns as they see fit.