2016 Postmortem

zipplewrath

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6. Forget Trump

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:47 PM

Dec 2016

He's an anomaly. The real issue is all the races we've been losing for 8 years or more. The state houses, the Senate, those kinds of things. As you suggest, we have a "majority" in many ways, we just need to learn to believe in it and make it our message. Minimum wage wins big around the country. Pot legalization is moving in the favorable direction. There are good signs all around but we have to start to believe in the message and actually run on it, instead of being afraid of it and trying to out do the GOP at their own game.

And we definitely need to start supporting the union movement again.

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What do we do now? How do we convert Trump voters? What is the plan going forward? [View all] tecelote Dec 2016 OP

Give thanks that a larger percentage of the old fucks will be dead in 2 years randr Dec 2016 #1

My plan is to call, protest, raise my voice whenever I can. RazzleCat Dec 2016 #2

I agree, RazzleCat alfie Dec 2016 #5

You can't convert stupid Txbluedog Dec 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author duffyduff Dec 2016 #4

Forget Trump zipplewrath Dec 2016 #6

Recongize that Trump won a lot of votes from people who disliked both candidates. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #7

No doubt. TransitJohn Dec 2016 #8

Let the Trump voters get what they voted for, for starters. Tatiana Dec 2016 #9

Maybe instead of converting Trump voters... EL34x4 Dec 2016 #10