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The raw numbers seem to disagree with portions of this analysis. Clinton is looking to have received 6M less votes than Obama in 2012, and 9M less than in 2008
by awinder 10y ago
The raw numbers seem to disagree with portions of this analysis. Clinton is looking to have received 6M less votes than Obama in 2012, and 9M less than in 2008, while Trump matched Romney / McCain vote totals from the same periods. This wasn't some raucous turnout by voters who hadn't been voting, spurred by overtures by Trump. It was a refusal to turn out among traditionally democratic voters -- many in states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where they were asked to vote for a politician who they could directly trace back to NAFTA and a significant inflection point in the stability of their homes, families, and towns.
- tdb7893 10y agoPlease forgive my ignorance but why was NAFTA so bad?
- TetOn 10y agoRight or wrong, Rust Belt residents see NAFTA as at the very least indicative if not the direct cause of the hulking, abandoned factories that form the rust in "Rust Belt."
- infinite8s 10y agoFree-trade is bad for those whose livelihoods are displaced with nothing to replace them with. Of course, free-trade is easy to blame, but the elephant in the room is that even if manufacturing came back to the US, most of it would be done by robots.
- tdb7893 10y agoYeah, my impression is that the manufacturing will be automated, the pay of the job will be low, or the prices will increase in most situations. I guess it remains to be seen whether it is worth it but it seems to me that at the very least the transition will be painful.
- nickthemagicman 10y agoNot to mention her sketch behavior and the DNC.