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In reply to the discussion: A Party that loses an election and blames voters for not showing up at the polls . . . [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)166. The symptom is apathy.
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A Party that loses an election and blames voters for not showing up at the polls . . . [View all]
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
OP
This is easy for anyone to think through. One third voted leaving two thirds not voting.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#1
Are you saying not voting is a winning strategy? The GOP candidates are the winners.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#36
Where, anywhere in this thread, is it said or even remotely implied . . .
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#45
No, what he's saying is not giving people something to vote FOR is a losing
SomethingFishy
Nov 2014
#47
I am surprised with so much information available with just a few keystrokes
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#107
What is the result of a party that fails to motivate people to go to the polls?
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#74
I went fishing the other day. Saved a lot of money by not baiting my hook.
Jackpine Radical
Nov 2014
#77
At least you seem to know how to fish, perhaps your next trip will result in fish.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#159
Looks like you have the right answer, at least when the biyching starts the first question will be
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#161
True. And this no vote threat never comes with any detail about what WOULD inspire them
treestar
Nov 2014
#163
If you're on a sinking ship and you want bail water just because you don't like the captain
TiredOfNo
Nov 2014
#59
Right so when the Captain of Titanic ran his ship into the fucking iceberg,
SomethingFishy
Nov 2014
#62
But if you put your ballot into a voting machine that shreds it, will you still feel better? nm
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#169
BOTH have to be done. Enough SHITTY EXCUSES FOR NOT VOTING ! That said, yes, Dems need to figure
RBInMaine
Nov 2014
#126
"We suck, but we suck less than they do" doesn't motivate people very much.
LuvNewcastle
Nov 2014
#2
Perhaps we need to be looking more deeply at the question of WHY they didn't vote . . .
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#6
I agree. But reasoned analysis will return only after the hurt and anger has been vented.
GliderGuider
Nov 2014
#8
"wimps who are terrified of pissing off the monied interests more than the people" DING DING DING!
L0oniX
Nov 2014
#90
Nothing is more pathetic than wannabe leaders who complain that the led are not following. nt
bemildred
Nov 2014
#16
Not at all -- that would be the logical fallacy of illicit transference . . .
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#111
I was wondering when someone was going to bring his name up in 1 of these threads.
Major Hogwash
Nov 2014
#122
Apparently, poor conservative whites came out in sufficient numbers for the Republicans.
branford
Nov 2014
#24
Good point. Rush's echo chamber on the radio from the late 80s helped them a lot in 1994.
Major Hogwash
Nov 2014
#121
Getting folks to turn out for Presidential elections is usually much easier . . .
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#34
But think of it this way: We simply made a crappy movie and no one wanted to stand in line to see it
stupidicus
Nov 2014
#35
'Sold' like any other product? So our principles are reduced to business terms now?
randome
Nov 2014
#70
Yeah, the Environment in Crisis with Global Climate Chance isn't enough to get these whiners out of
Cha
Nov 2014
#106
This should be a part of reasoning for voting, for the members,of Congress who
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#51
Let me say I have not listed you as being an advocate foe not voting, I am
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#94
Let me say this, I am in the autumn of my life, I have voted all of my life,
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#109
I have finally learned there is no difference between a voter who gives up and a President ...
DrBulldog
Nov 2014
#58
ask a K-12 teacher what they see. Obamacare did some good, but a lot of the good is done only when
yurbud
Nov 2014
#98
I'd bet that a lot of people were not voting FOR Republicans but AGAINST Democrats.
Kablooie
Nov 2014
#103
Yep, they couldn't vote against Obama himself who they were conditioned to hate...
cascadiance
Nov 2014
#140
The problem was largely turnout, but it's not the party that should blame the voters,
hughee99
Nov 2014
#123
So minimum wage increases weren't worth showing up for? Marijuana legalization wasn't worth showing
Chathamization
Nov 2014
#129
In texas, where you could legally use hunters license to vote but not a student ID...
cascadiance
Nov 2014
#136
It's actually funny to me that the self-described "reality-based community" is arguing with you.
Marr
Nov 2014
#134
Rahm Emanuel calling liberals "f-ing retarded" epitomizes a symptom of blaming the voters disease...
cascadiance
Nov 2014
#135
The party has not made it clear that there is a meaningful advantage to voting for Dems.
Marr
Nov 2014
#143
Yeah helping to "fast track" American job destroying TPP behind closed doors helps get votes huh?
cascadiance
Nov 2014
#158
I didn't say the party would be more successful if it was both more socially and fiscally liberal.
Marr
Nov 2014
#181
It's also like CDC's Tom Frieden blaming nurses for spreading Ebola. When DWS and
whereisjustice
Nov 2014
#160