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2016 Postmortem

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7. and Ron Johnson did better than Trump.

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 12:37 AM

Nov 2016

so the candidate who got the most votes was the one who was most pro free trade , pro big business and VERY MUCH the establishment .

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Jason Kander was an excellent candidate who kept the rwheeler31 Nov 2016 #2

Exactly, I think Feingold's loss was most telling. radius777 Nov 2016 #3

and Ron Johnson did better than Trump. JI7 Nov 2016 #7

Exactly, and remember that most of these alt-right Trumpers radius777 Nov 2016 #8

So did other big TPP proponents, such as Portman in Ohio. Garrett78 Nov 2016 #9

Because it's not about economic messaging. Garrett78 Nov 2016 #4

I would argue that the message does play a role mythology Nov 2016 #5

Sure, the message is always important. Garrett78 Nov 2016 #6