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2016 Postmortem

Martin Eden

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6. "(Hillary) addressed rising health care costs at length--to a much greater extent than Trump did."

Reply to Garrett78 (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 01:32 PM

Nov 2016

"... as well as the notion that Clinton didn't discuss economic issues at length. Nothing could be further from the truth."

Unfortunately, the nuts and bolts of real policy issues do not attract viewers for TV ratings nearly as much as fake scandals, Trumps latest blathering, and the horse race.

Millions of voters perceived Hillary was ignoring their economic concerns because the corporate media chose to focus on storylines with higher entertainment value.

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A reminder of just how awful Trump is. [View all] Garrett78 Nov 2016 OP

I read that most truly low-income whites voted for Clinton. raging moderate Nov 2016 #1

Do you have a link? I'd like to see that info. el_bryanto Nov 2016 #2

We won't know the exact numbers for a while, but... Garrett78 Nov 2016 #3

Thanks. Sorry to be such a Luddite. raging moderate Nov 2016 #4

Nothing to be sorry about. Just adding to what you posted. Garrett78 Nov 2016 #5

"(Hillary) addressed rising health care costs at length--to a much greater extent than Trump did." Martin Eden Nov 2016 #6

Agreed, and that's pretty damn difficult to overcome. Garrett78 Nov 2016 #7

The media engineered the Trump victory. raging moderate Nov 2016 #8