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2016 Postmortem

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12. Clinton didn't get the same level of support as Obama too.

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:05 PM

Nov 2016

I posted this the other day (among other states that flipped to the Republican this time which showed a similar pattern):

MICHIGAN

2012
Obama 2,564,569
Romney 2,115,256
Other 65,491

2016
Clinton 2,264,807 (-299,762)
Trump 2,277,914 (+162,658)
Other 242,502 (+177,011)

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People seem to think Michigan is all industrial and blue. This isn't the case [View all] gollygee Nov 2016 OP

That pattern seems repeated in many places el_bryanto Nov 2016 #1

Not if you want to keep Democratic voters gollygee Nov 2016 #2

Well I wouldn't favor that approach el_bryanto Nov 2016 #3

Yes I agree with that gollygee Nov 2016 #8

They most certainly CAN be won over NoGoodNamesLeft Nov 2016 #14

Churches can never be forced to do same sex weddings gollygee Nov 2016 #15

Oh yeah gollygee Nov 2016 #7

It's like that almost everywhere. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #10

I've been reading a lot of posts about Michigan that seem to assume gollygee Nov 2016 #11

Clinton didn't get the same level of support as Obama too. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #12

Yes I think there are two parts gollygee Nov 2016 #13

Good analysis for the most part. MichMan Nov 2016 #16