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2016 Postmortem

Warren DeMontague

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8. Her campaign was ensconced in a Manhattan bubble, and for whatever reason

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:50 AM

Dec 2016

They thought that the same tactics which they used against Bernie Sanders- like, insulting his supporters- was gonna work against Trump.

But insulting Trump supporters didn't, actually, net us a whole lot of votes where they counted, like the rust belt.

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Why Hillary Clinton Lost [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

Disenfrancizing Mellenials was not good FreakinDJ Dec 2016 #1

Juxtapose the denials and rationales. HassleCat Dec 2016 #2

"Clintonias (persuasive) defense of its own righteousness..." lapucelle Dec 2016 #3

The "salient" point is pure stupidity. DanTex Dec 2016 #4

1000 sheshe2 Dec 2016 #5

There's no simple explanation for why Hillary Clinton lost William Seger Dec 2016 #7

... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #6

Her campaign was ensconced in a Manhattan bubble, and for whatever reason Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #8