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2016 Postmortem

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

2. I don't believe in these 'independents' at all.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:04 PM

Aug 2012

I've never, ever met a person who might have voted for a Palin but decided to go with Obama through deliberation. I think the idea of such voters existing is delusional, but pushed as an excuse for constant rightward movement in our Party...oh, no, the independents who sometimes vote for insane right wingers and also sometimes for Democrats, all 12 of them, must be pleased.
I don't think such voters elected Obama, nor anyone else, because they don't really exist.

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Where did Obama lose (some) people from 2008? [View all] Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 OP

Non-ideological voting Proud Public Servant Aug 2012 #1

I don't believe in these 'independents' at all. Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #2

The ones that have died since then. LiberalFighter Aug 2012 #3

I think when you hear that they are referring to the "youth" vote. apnu Aug 2012 #4