Trump flipped 5 states in the greater rust belt for Republicans - and without those the Dems can never win again. Dems now have very little to offer for the working class and that is the cause of their demise. Identity politics may win LA and NYC but not the rust belt.
I remember looking at a magazine cover of night show and comedy show hosts (Colbert, Meyers, Noah, Bynes, Oliver and others), and it occurred to me that every single one of them was openly left leaning and used their platform to support their side.
I'll admit I wondered if a big reason trump had gotten as far as he had at that point was that virtually everyone on TV and in Hollywood (not to mention both sides of the political establishment) were telling them not to.
"I don't want the elite and the celebrities telling me who to vote for "
Votes for a celebrity that belongs to that elite... those people owe me a new irony detector.
binary solo said:
Misdirected anger IMO. The failing was entirely with the Clinton campaign. Hillary won the popular vote, but lost 3 states (PA, MI, WI) by a collective 107K votes that she should have won, because she assumed those states were in her column so she didn't spend enough time or money shoring up support in those states. The presidency was decided because 53.5 K people across those three states probably could have have been convinced to vote for her with a bit of campaign effort but voted for Trump instead. That's not on Hollywood at all. Low turnout does tend to favour Republicans, and the last time there was a turn out in the 55% range was 2000, which is also the last time a Republican won the ECV but lost the NPV. I don;t see how Hollywood (or the media) is to blame for lower voter turnout. Of course there was active chatter in the Trump campaign about how they could legally decrease voter turn out. |
Jokes on you. I actually voted Trump. I just wrote this to get opinions. Which I did.
Those damn Hollywood pinkos, they screw USA, they screw the whole world!!! 
| chidori-chan2 said: The Democrats are to blame for their own stupidity. |
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Chris Hu said:
Most of those 7 million didn't bother to vote again low voter turnout favors Republican candidates. Plus there where cases of voter suppression which always favors Republicans. |
binary solo said:
Bill Gates has historically been a Democrat supporter, and I assume he still is and most likely voted for Clinton. But that's just speculation, since as you say he doesn't appear to have publicly taken sides. |
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DragonRouge said: "I don't want the elite and the celebrities telling me who to vote for " Votes for a celebrity that belongs to that elite... those people owe me a new irony detector. |
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numberwang said: Trump flipped 5 states in the greater rust belt for Republicans - and without those the Dems can never win again. Dems now have very little to offer for the working class and that is the cause of their demise. Identity politics may win LA and NYC but not the rust belt. |
Republicans have even less to offer to the working class. Trumps economic plan has failure written all over it and will lead to more jobs lost in the rust belt. At best those five states will become swing states. Unless some economic miracle happens those states will not stay solid Republican.
Chris Hu said:
Republicans have even less to offer to the working class. Trumps economic plan has failure written all over it and will lead to more jobs lost in the rust belt. At best those five states will become swing states. Unless some economic miracle happens those states will not stay solid Republican. |
Assuming Trump actually won't do anything for those states which is a reasonably safe assumption, and Clinton lost those 3 states which gave Trump the W by a collective 107K, which is a very small margin, it is very presumptuous of anyone to think that those states have become reliably red. But it did send Democrats a message about not taking those states for granted, so the question is whether they heard it and how they will respond.
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Johnw1104 said: I remember looking at a magazine cover of night show and comedy show hosts (Colbert, Meyers, Noah, Bynes, Oliver and others), and it occurred to me that every single one of them was openly left leaning and used their platform to support their side. I'll admit I wondered if a big reason trump had gotten as far as he had at that point was that virtually everyone on TV and in Hollywood (not to mention both sides of the political establishment) were telling them not to. |
It did feel a lot like the same people who painted Bush Jr as a joke were doing the same thing with Trump, and I think that approach of not taking an opposing candidate seriously is a bad strategy. Because then you don't seriously focus on the important things and clearly explain to voters why the opponent is a bad option. It's just LoL the guy is a joke, vote for me.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix
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