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Are the Democrats losing ground? With white, middle/working class voters, yes. But almost every minority leans Democrat, and it's the Republicans who have their
by untog 10y ago
Are the Democrats losing ground? With white, middle/working class voters, yes. But almost every minority leans Democrat, and it's the Republicans who have their heads in the sand about the reasons behind that.
Not to mention, Republican voters were found to be far more likely to share fake news. These two things are connected. Yes, Democrats are disengaging from discourse. But the quality of discourse in 2016 has dropped considerably. There aren't any particularly easy answers here, and heaping blame on anyone but ourselves is a pattern we need to get out of.
- xvedejas 10y agoI'm curious where you have gotten this trend from, because it seems to be the opposite of what I can find. Compared to Romney, Trump only did slightly better with whites. Trump did much better with minorities. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/election-exit-polls.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/el...
- untog 10y agoI'm afraid I don't have a source to hand (on my phone) but I would absolutely believe that this year's election is atypical. It will remain to be seen to what extent Trumpism and Republicanism coverage, separate or what in four year's time. Trump is much not a typical Republican candidate (to the extent that any of his positions can be nailed down) - to my knowledge, down-ballot races were more typical of previous years.
- rwc 10y ago"I believe this year's election is atypical" is textbook burying your head in the sand is it not?
- untog 10y agoEDIT: it's the holidays and I extract absolutely no enjoyment from endless back and forth like this, so I'm going to shut myself up. Cheers, all.
- orionblastar 10y agoHappy Holidays. Debating during this time only takes us away from friends and family. Let us agree to disagree and make peace until January 20th 2017:)
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