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doompatrol39

(428 posts)
35. Yep
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 07:06 AM
Apr 2019

This "working class joe" shtick is going to backfire and collapse under the slightest scrutiny. Does anyone really think people in that area will go "Oh well, he didn't make as much money as the rest of the millionaires in politics did so.....he MUST be working class!!!"

As for your last paragraph about their being racism elsewhere......sure there is. But it is a much smaller percentage of the population. So yes, you can say there are racists in Boston and California. But are they a high percentage of the population? Not at all (well, maybe Boston ). If enough of a population can swing a state based on the fact that they "revert to cultural issues" then we'll have to agree to disagree as to whether those cultural issues are related to sexism and racism.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
Because many voters vote on personality and not issues, consciously and unconsciously DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2019 #1
Yes Freddie Apr 2019 #2
Exactly PatSeg Apr 2019 #8
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How so? (nt) ehrnst Apr 2019 #11
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Who was saying this? (nt) ehrnst Apr 2019 #18
Yeah PatSeg Apr 2019 #12
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Yes PatSeg Apr 2019 #19
Typical for voters to want change every 8 years MichMan Apr 2019 #29
I suppose that is human nature PatSeg Apr 2019 #33
Agreed. clutterbox1830 Apr 2019 #34
Look at recent state wide elections and flipping of governors from Republican to Democratic Freethinker65 Apr 2019 #3
I suspect it was a combination of two things-- lastlib Apr 2019 #4
Remember after 2016 when we all agreed... doompatrol39 Apr 2019 #5
I never agreed that rust belt voters meant racist and sexist. marylandblue Apr 2019 #7
It is unfortunate that is true for a good amount of those voters Trenzalore Apr 2019 #20
But that affected everyone doompatrol39 Apr 2019 #23
Exactly! EffieBlack Apr 2019 #28
Quite frankly they'll turn on Joe just like they turned on Hillary Trenzalore Apr 2019 #30
Yep doompatrol39 Apr 2019 #35
No, we did not all agree to that. SMC22307 Apr 2019 #31
Because DownriverDem Apr 2019 #6
Biden is well liked personally, but many things he did are not popular. marylandblue Apr 2019 #9
He was also Obama's veep for 8 years. ucrdem Apr 2019 #13
Thanks to everyone for some insightful thoughts on this. Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #14
most didn't vote for Trump based on economy. Biden is an old white man JI7 Apr 2019 #17
That is a fallacy Trenzalore Apr 2019 #21
Mondale was 56 crazytown Apr 2019 #27
They didn't vote for Trump because of jobs and the economy EffieBlack Apr 2019 #22
I'm in PA and I can say for a fact FakeNoose Apr 2019 #24
Very interesting insight. Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #25
Yes I've been mentioning this on DU and others have too FakeNoose Apr 2019 #32
Let's be honest. Hillary was not popular there. She didn't show. redstateblues Apr 2019 #26
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