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2016 Postmortem

Jersey Devil

(10,424 posts) Wed Nov 30, 2016, 11:58 AM Nov 2016

I have analyzed all the posts on this forum and it all boils down to this [View all]

Their people voted.
Ours didn't.

They had a candidate their voters were excited about.
Ours not so much.

Everything else is a lot of hot air and speculation.

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I have analyzed all the posts on this forum and it all boils down to this [View all] Jersey Devil Nov 2016 OP

Fair enough Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #1

We had 2 million more votes dhol82 Nov 2016 #2

Well, sure, in NY and Calif they were excited Jersey Devil Nov 2016 #3

False promises of jobs in the rust belt. dhol82 Nov 2016 #5

Obama received over 65.9 million votes in 2012. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #6

Clinton is at 64.9 million and counting TwilightZone Nov 2016 #7

Ah! Thanks! That's what I get for trusting Politico's numbers. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #10

Yeah, I don't think they've updated them since the morning after the election. TwilightZone Nov 2016 #11

Thank you. anamandujano Nov 2016 #12

I agree Txbluedog Nov 2016 #4

Their candidate listened zipplewrath Nov 2016 #8

Middle-class whites voted as if the Bush Recession didn't effect anyone else baldguy Nov 2016 #9