2016 Postmortem

DemocraticWing

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6. Old people that made money in business without college are always Republican.

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:05 AM

Dec 2016

People keep trying to blame it on poor people, but even those of us who get educated find it hard to escape poverty. Very few poor whites voted for Trump, and the smearing of poor people as dumb hicks who vote against our own interests make people think that both parties don't care about us. So then people tune out and stay home.

I know of poor people of all races that spent election day getting high and trying not to think about politics. They don't like Trump any more than the rest of us. These are the people we have to reach, and the people liberals keep calling racists, stupid, hicks, etc.

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A strong majority of whites without Bachelor's degrees voted for Trump. "Working class?" [View all] YoungDemCA Dec 2016 OP

bookmarked.Thanks JHan Dec 2016 #1

No problem. YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #3

Education, not class, was the best indicator of vote preference. LonePirate Dec 2016 #2

Forgot to add: The power of unions - organized working class politics - to push wages/incomes up... YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #4

Anyone who voted for that orange stain Emilybemily Dec 2016 #5

Old people that made money in business without college are always Republican. DemocraticWing Dec 2016 #6

The Michael Moore working class meme was debunked. duffyduff Dec 2016 #7

Almost all of my managers in factories around here... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #8

Self-kick YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #9