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>I think against Elizabeth Warren for example the anti-women sentiment would of had a greater effect on the outcome. Sounds plausible but it's very hard to tel
by jasode 10y ago
>I think against Elizabeth Warren for example the anti-women sentiment would of had a greater effect on the outcome.
Sounds plausible but it's very hard to tell with a black swan candidate like Donald Trump. So many msm articles about Trump insulting blacks[1] and yet, he got more of the black vote than Romney in 2012[2]. It's another glaring example of the disconnect between what narrative the msm feeds us and what actually happened at the voting booths.
[1]https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+insults+blacks https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+insults+blacks
[2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/11/trump-got-more-votes-from-people-of-color-than-romney-did-heres-the-data/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/1...
- jessaustin 10y agoISTM black Americans are used to (I'm not saying "happy about") being insulted. They meet lots of admitted racists, but also lots of insincere infantilizing jackasses. Obama was neither of those things. The candidates this time around? One of each. Occasionally, one might prefer a different sort of insult...