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Originally Posted by _tunic_
Voter turnout at 20-year low in 2016
I Don't understand this, how can the turnout be so low if there's a choice to vote AGAINST Trump.
Y'all should not be protesting against Trump, but against those that didn't vote. You should send all of them to Mexico or something, then build that giant wall
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haaa haaa haaa you're 100% right, there
part of the problem is that hillary had very little positive to offer in her campaign. fear of trump mobilized certain people (me for sure), but it didn't mobilize the white working class voters who used to vote democrat.
in fact, the fearmongering (justified or not) backfired for many. hillary's campaign misunderstood the mood of the country and fucked up. she could have been speaking about fixing the ACA which just had announced a 25% average price increase but didn't. she could have been talking about debt-free college education but would barely mention it in passing. she was supposed to be the democrat that connected with middle america but ran her campaign from brooklyn (lol hipsters).
trump had "make america great again". or "#MAGA"
clinton had... hm... what was the big theme of her campaign? she's not trump/ i'm with her/ first woman president / she's competent and ready / er... no identifiable theme
see more here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...mepage%2Fstory
oh and funny thing, after speaking with obama now trump is talking about fixing not repealing obamacare haaa haa haa haa. look how well-behaved he is now.
this shitshow's hilarious. might not always be but it is right now. laugh while you can, before we're all dead:
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/don...-do-1788862854