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NYResister

(164 posts)
25. I'm sure that plays a part in it.
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 11:56 PM
Jul 2017

The media has turned our elections into reality television.

It's not hard to see how many would tune out, and turn off.

And yet customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #1
Get help from Russia, gerrymandering, fueling the fears of the ignorant, just to lunamagica Jul 2017 #2
gerrymandering D_Master81 Jul 2017 #3
My mistake. Sorry lunamagica Jul 2017 #8
Yes, in a way it does. LisaM Jul 2017 #31
Gerrymandering customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #4
You are right about gerrymandering, sorry. As for the rest, did you see today's poll in which lunamagica Jul 2017 #7
I can understand that, at least a bit customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #11
I get your point. But I doubt that's the reason for them. I think that to them an education upens up lunamagica Jul 2017 #13
They're mad about the protests when certain conservatives speak at universites. betsuni Jul 2017 #22
Bigotry. Putin. Oppression/suppression of vote. FBI. Eom pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #10
As I said upthread customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #12
Russia?!?!? Or is the left still in denial??!? YCHDT Jul 2017 #15
Or is it those posing as "the left" ... NanceGreggs Jul 2017 #30
Russia?!?!? Or is the left still in denial??!? YCHDT Jul 2017 #14
Tell me how people customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #16
I know 2 who were ... what else ?! You do realize the " no one was swayed " meme is easily YCHDT Jul 2017 #19
My theory customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #34
But Pizzagate was concocted from conversations about pizza. betsuni Jul 2017 #21
Good point customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #35
yeah conspired with the Russians. triron Jul 2017 #20
His party had been working on gerrymandering for at least a decade, and large-scale pnwmom Jul 2017 #28
Ugh, again customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #33
Did you watch the Senate hearings? You must have missed Clint Watts pnwmom Jul 2017 #37
I don't think people were really paying attention leftstreet Jul 2017 #5
Agreed. lib-ruhl Jul 2017 #6
One candidate was man. One candidate was woman. pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #9
One aspect that isn't given much attention MichMan Jul 2017 #17
I didn't. I'm well aware of how the pendulum swings. NYResister Jul 2017 #18
yep. JHan Jul 2017 #27
i was aware of it so knew it would not be easy for any democrat just based on this JI7 Jul 2017 #36
One candidate lied every minute... BootinUp Jul 2017 #23
And FAUX and other RW media bdjhawk Jul 2017 #26
I wonder if one of the reasons people don't vote is because the length of the election. betsuni Jul 2017 #24
I'm sure that plays a part in it. NYResister Jul 2017 #25
Here is an interesting opinion peice that discusses the limits of identity politics ability to win CentralMass Jul 2017 #29
The election was stolen ecstatic Jul 2017 #32
but they didn't talk about those things. they kept referring to Clinton as establishment and Deeply JI7 Jul 2017 #38
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