They need to cut it out with the myth that a dip in turnout by us was due to something other than (Reply #6)

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:34 AM

Afromania (2,683 posts)

6. They need to cut it out with the myth that a dip in turnout by us was due to something other than

vote suppression. Even with empirically proven systematic disenfranchisement our turnout was right at 60% which is about around what it was in 04, and at the time record turnout. Voting for Obama was historic and for anybody to count on that every time is just silly.

By comparison I don't think trump has as much "base" as everybody thinks he does. Among everything else the tryhards got off the bench and got there to vote for their garbage bag, and general petri dish of awful, in large numbers.

Now that this shit is going sideways they'll return, in part, to spectating because reality is real and the "real American rural voter" is about to get kicked in the teeth by their vote.

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
No, Russia Did Not Cause Black People To .....Whatever We're Being Blamed For, Now [View all]	spicysista	Dec 2018	OP
Nothing wrong with being salty	Glamrock	Dec 2018	#1
Thanks, Glamrock. ;)	spicysista	Dec 2018	#2
Oh my god!	Glamrock	Dec 2018	#5
Here's a breakdown of 2006 and 2018 exit polls for anyone interested	pecosbob	Dec 2018	#3
Thanks for the link.	spicysista	Dec 2018	#7
Yes, and as I posted in another thread we should be more specific when we use the term evangelicals	pecosbob	Dec 2018	#9
:)	spicysista	Dec 2018	#11
I don't like the use of the term evangelical at all.	murielm99	Dec 2018	#14
I stand corrected...	pecosbob	Dec 2018	#17
Obviously, those Christians who make a point	Mariana	Dec 2018	#22
Yes, actually it was white Fundamentalists who voted heavily for Trump.	raging moderate	Dec 2018	#26
Yes.	murielm99	Dec 2018	#46
Thank you. Your post was much less salty than my thoughts when I first saw the original	LoisB	Dec 2018	#4
It certainly made me feel a way.....	spicysista	Dec 2018	#8
They need to cut it out with the myth that a dip in turnout by us was due to something other than	Afromania	Dec 2018	#6
Exactly! This...	spicysista	Dec 2018	#10
what actually happened and even more openly happened in Georgia just last month against a Black	JI7	Dec 2018	#12
Yes, a thousand times....yes!	spicysista	Dec 2018	#13
k&r	bigtree	Dec 2018	#15
Thank you, bigtree! ;) nt.	spicysista	Dec 2018	#16
How do you know what influence Russia had on the black community?	Kentonio	Dec 2018	#18
I know our own children were persuaded by various information they read and heard in the media.	allgood33	Dec 2018	#19
+1	betsuni	Dec 2018	#20
Well, Kentonio, I did not make this assertion...at all.	spicysista	Dec 2018	#23
I'm right beside you	Kentonio	Dec 2018	#31
;)	spicysista	Dec 2018	#33
Great post	malaise	Dec 2018	#21
Thank you, malaise!	spicysista	Dec 2018	#24
I agree. We all need to stop blaming each other for Trump becoming President.	Tom Rinaldo	Dec 2018	#25
I hope we can all agree to stop with circular firing squads attacking the most loyal Democratic ....	spicysista	Dec 2018	#27
russian bots concentrated social media attacks AND fake news	beachbum bob	Dec 2018	#28
All good points, to be sure.	spicysista	Dec 2018	#30
When con artists swindle people with false assertions, our legal system knows where to fix blame	Tom Rinaldo	Dec 2018	#36
Why couldn't it be both? But for suppressed turnout in Philly and Michigan and possibly	Dream Girl	Dec 2018	#29
Sure...	spicysista	Dec 2018	#32
I agree & am well aware of the vile actions involved with voter suppression. However, we need to be	Dream Girl	Dec 2018	#44
You are right.	spicysista	Dec 2018	#45
"But for suppressed turnout in Philly"	BumRushDaShow	Dec 2018	#61
I don't think the issue here is really blame, but rather susceptibility and targeted status.	better	Dec 2018	#34
I'm sorry , I must have missed your post. I would have answered sooner.	spicysista	Dec 2018	#41
I definitely get where you are coming from.	better	Dec 2018	#47
Hmmmm.... yup! I like it!	spicysista	Dec 2018	#49
All good, and thanks for the intellectual conversation!	better	Dec 2018	#50
"Make things better." What a beautiful way of being!	spicysista	Dec 2018	#54
I also like...	better	Dec 2018	#56
The focus	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2018	#35
I agree with this, Proud Liberal Dem!	spicysista	Dec 2018	#37
I definitely agree on that as well	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2018	#38
I'm with you 100%!	Stellar	Dec 2018	#39
Thanks, Stellar. ;)	spicysista	Dec 2018	#42
I'm not really inclined to give the Russians a free pass	fescuerescue	Dec 2018	#40
Yup....I said all THOSE things....	spicysista	Dec 2018	#43
Thanks I must have missed it	fescuerescue	Dec 2018	#48
Okay, I'll bite.	spicysista	Dec 2018	#51
There's no bait or hook.	fescuerescue	Dec 2018	#58
That's good news, because I am NO fish! LOL!	spicysista	Dec 2018	#59
K&R!	eleny	Dec 2018	#52
Thank you, eleny!	spicysista	Dec 2018	#53
This is on my nerves since yesterday	eleny	Dec 2018	#60
You are 100% right. I assumed it wa a given that most DUers would understand that attempts by Russia	Anon-C	Dec 2018	#55
Thank you, Anon-C.	spicysista	Dec 2018	#57
538 did some great tweets on this...	Adrahil	Dec 2018	#62

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