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2016 Postmortem

gollygee

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13. Yes I think there are two parts

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:07 PM

Nov 2016

1. Trump got rural people out to vote.

2. Clinton didn't excite Democrats enough to get out to vote.

People are assuming that it's the same group of poeple who voted for Obama and then voted for Trump, and I'm sure there are a few, but I don't think it's a large number of people.

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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

If they're anti-abortion and pro-guns, they don't care about corporate cronyism gollygee Nov 2016 #4

I think we have to be louder about what we are Pro about, Pro-Medicare, Pro-Social Security, Snotcicles Nov 2016 #5

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

Are there militia types in rural Michigan ? They are anti gov. But may have been attracted to Trump lunasun Nov 2016 #6

Oh yeah gollygee Nov 2016 #7

I was googling to answer my question and found a vet blog with some background ...interesting lunasun Nov 2016 #9

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