2016 Postmortem

radius777

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8. Exactly, and remember that most of these alt-right Trumpers

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 04:37 PM

Nov 2016

were anti-government Tea Partiers a few years ago. "We not racist, jus' mad about da gub'mint." yeah right.

Its why all of this analysis about "economic anxiety" is bullshit (or at least incomplete), and fails to see the underlying truth to all of those movements (including the alt-left, to a lesser extent) which is backlash to the election of the first black president (and potentially the first woman president), and the fact that there are now far more PoC/gays/women etc in higher positions in American society. All of a sudden achieving success became "globalist", "elitist" and bad.

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Will economic populism lead Democrats to victory? Senate results should make us skeptical. [View all] Recursion Nov 2016 OP

When elections are hacked, there is no longer any rhyme or reason when trying to figure out shraby Nov 2016 #1

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