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In reply to the discussion: The contrast in the 2016 election was astounding. [View all]CentralMass
(15,265 posts)29. Here is an interesting opinion peice that discusses the limits of identity politics ability to win
this last election..
It is IMO worth the read
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-identity-politics-couldnt-clinch-a-clinton-win/2016/11/11/ed3bf966-a773-11e6-8fc0-7be8f848c492_story.html
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Get help from Russia, gerrymandering, fueling the fears of the ignorant, just to
lunamagica
Jul 2017
#2
You are right about gerrymandering, sorry. As for the rest, did you see today's poll in which
lunamagica
Jul 2017
#7
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
I know 2 who were ... what else ?! You do realize the " no one was swayed " meme is easily
YCHDT
Jul 2017
#19
His party had been working on gerrymandering for at least a decade, and large-scale
pnwmom
Jul 2017
#28
I wonder if one of the reasons people don't vote is because the length of the election.
betsuni
Jul 2017
#24
Here is an interesting opinion peice that discusses the limits of identity politics ability to win
CentralMass
Jul 2017
#29