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In reply to the discussion: Instead of winning over the 27% who voted for Trump, how about winning over the 40% who didn't vote? [View all]vi5
(13,305 posts)27. Exactly. And many of them are young.....
They are less concerned with whether a candidate is male/female, gay/straight, young/old or any of that as much as they are concerned with people who understand and can relate to their experience and the world they are inheriting. Even if you take away all the bullshit Clinton scandals (emails, Benghazi, etc.) they still felt she was out of touch with them and what they are confronted with on a daily basis. We ignore them and their concerns at our peril. And calling them stupid or say they want participation trophies or ponies means we will be in the minority for a very long time if the people who are that dismissive continue to call the shots in our party.
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Instead of winning over the 27% who voted for Trump, how about winning over the 40% who didn't vote? [View all]
DetlefK
Dec 2016
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I have been thinking the same thing and we need to do it in 2018, during the Congressional elections
JimBeard
Dec 2016
#37
our side won by 2.5 million votes. Just get rid of the electorial college. It always favors the
putitinD
Dec 2016
#2
He helped us win Virginia even though we lost PA. He was an excellent choice. n/t
pnwmom
Dec 2016
#7
I know a lot of people who didn't choose Clinton at first and ended up admiring her...
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#60
How about a way to do that? Around here we've had voter registration drives, and...
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2016
#5
So true-- they certainly have been programmed to believe a massive load of crap
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#41
Excellent! They will suffer under Trump; must vote against Pence in 2020 or it will be worse. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2016
#13
It might be more helpful to get rid of voter suppression that makes them jump through hoops. (nt)
ehrnst
Dec 2016
#15
Certainly a lot of younger people don't vote... they don't see differences in the parties, that
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#42
HRC got more votes than any white man running for President. Enough with the likeability.
Justice
Dec 2016
#35
How about winning over all the voters who would benefit from good policies?
Martin Eden
Dec 2016
#23
well, please don't take those responses as representative of what everyone here thinks
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#50
How about electing state and local officers who will reverse all the restrictions on voting
Fla Dem
Dec 2016
#58
That might be the best route. I bet there's many poor people who gave up...
Buckeye_Democrat
Dec 2016
#63