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2016 Postmortem

Shemp Howard

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4. But most of my friends are working class!

Reply to boston bean (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 12:23 PM

Dec 2016

And too many of them went for Trump. But you sure are correct about that 70K comment. The few big-money acquaintances I have all went for Trump. That didn't surprise me.

What did surprise me, disappointed is a better word, is how many of my working class friends went for Trump.

I suppose my observation here could be an outlier of sorts. But if I'm on to something, the Democratic Party needs to adjust its message a bit. Social justice AND good jobs!

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Obama voters switching to Trump [View all] Shemp Howard Dec 2016 OP

The working class, chose Hillary. Those making undr 50K went for Hillary by a lot. boston bean Dec 2016 #1

Isn't it though? ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #2

I said this in another thread Flavius Aetius Dec 2016 #3

I think the rest of your family will learn some very hard lessons from this election. Justice Dec 2016 #5

I think they will also Flavius Aetius Dec 2016 #8

But most of my friends are working class! Shemp Howard Dec 2016 #4

Working class friends will learn some hard lessons from this election. Justice Dec 2016 #6

But 40% plus of the working class went for Trump. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #13

A lot of it is just showing up. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #7

I'm a PCP (precinct committee person) for my county Democratic party, which TonyPDX Dec 2016 #14

Dems, including Clinton, already talk about jobs and other economic matters...a lot! Garrett78 Dec 2016 #9

Thank you DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #10

The answer is to do a better job of GOTV, including more outreach to rural Dems and... Garrett78 Dec 2016 #12

The Democratic Party DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #11

Yes! Shemp Howard Dec 2016 #15