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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Hillary Lost: An Exhaustive Look [View all]tgards79
(1,462 posts)21. Apologies
        Changed per your valid critique....thank you.
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        of course 11 days before the election, comey releasing the letter to the republicans in
        still_one
        Jan 2017
        #14
      
        
        She lost under the stupid electoral college rules we're stuck with.
        The Velveteen Ocelot
        Jan 2017
        #8
      
        
        There were a lot of factors, but I think what dealt the worst blow was the FBI interference
        still_one
        Jan 2017
        #15
      
        
        Good point. It's too binary to assume every single vote of hers would go to Clinton
        underpants
        Jan 2017
        #30
      
        
        No need to apologize, trump caters massively to racists, or is a racist himself.
        dionysus
        Jan 2017
        #47
      
        
        If we treated the pro-union part of the white working class as part of our base (which they are)
        40yearyellowdog
        Jan 2017
        #35
      
        
        I think they voted for the one they thought would work to create jobs in their hometowns and didn't
        40yearyellowdog
        Jan 2017
        #49
      
        
        So greed and racism. Their "white plight" is so bad, they'll accept the racist Trump.  Ain't right.
        Hoyt
        Jan 2017
        #50
      
        
        Agree with every single word of this  -great summary of all the factors (except for one)
        pkdu
        Jan 2017
        #9
      
        
        Let's ignore the fact that since 2013 14 states added restrictive voter and voter ID requirements.
        still_one
        Jan 2017
        #12
      
        
        I told ya, the mere subject will make heads explode, some will go nuts and not even
        dionysus
        Jan 2017
        #26
      
        
        I did read the frigging thing, and my head DIDN'T explode.  I don't agree that the reason she lost
        still_one
        Jan 2017
        #56
      
        
        Yes I did.  I believe the effect was greater because of the 47% who didn't vote.
        still_one
        Jan 2017
        #55
      
        
        I think most of the voter ID laws were overturned, or there were ways around them.  Agree on Comey
        Hoyt
        Jan 2017
        #51
      
        
        Not entirely true.  In North Carolina, thousands of voters were removed from the voting roster.  The
        still_one
        Jan 2017
        #54
      
        
        I got purged from rolls too in a town I had not voted in in 10 years because I moved.
        Hoyt
        Jan 2017
        #57
      
        
        That isn't why the NAACP won the case against North Carolina for the purging of the votes.
        still_one
        Jan 2017
        #58
      
        
        North Carolina was pretty close, and Roy Cooper did get in as Governor,  I would like to think my
        still_one
        Jan 2017
        #62
      
        
        Lived in Raleigh 50+ years ago. You are right, NC is not always red. I'm south of U.
        Hoyt
        Jan 2017
        #63
      
        
        I am saddened that he repeats the false claim that Trump did better than Romney among Latinos.
        StevieM
        Jan 2017
        #13
      
        
        Yep, that's the one.  I hate that this fictitious claim is still being widely referenced as if
        StevieM
        Jan 2017
        #37
      
        
        Thanks. I thought it covered everything except GOP voter suppression, which sadly
        dionysus
        Jan 2017
        #22
      
        
        "If everyone who voted for Jill Stein in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin had voted for Hillary
        40yearyellowdog
        Jan 2017
        #29
      
        
        With 11 days to go she was in good enough shape to win even without those votes.
        StevieM
        Jan 2017
        #38
      
  