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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do you think if HRC had just focused more on economic justice and not on social justice [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)41. Yep, she won the voters who were concerned with econ, but lost those who
        were triggered by immigration and terrorism issues.
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                        Do you think if HRC had just focused more on economic justice and not on social justice [View all]
							La Lioness Priyanka
							Dec 2016
							OP
                        
        
        As a person who adores Hillary I admit Hillary and her staff made some campaign mistakes but...
        hrmjustin
        Dec 2016
        #1
      
        
        they made some mistakes, but those who say she ignored economic justice are lying/wrong
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #2
      
        
        The media and America let Hillary down.  Simple as that.  And I listened to many
        riversedge
        Dec 2016
        #9
      
        
        She did NOT ignore it.  The voters just judged her not credible on the issue.
        hollowdweller
        Dec 2016
        #96
      
        
        really? then why do exit polls all show that those who prioritized the economy voted for her?
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #97
      
        
        WRONG.  A better and clearer economic message and campaigning there would have helped.  She spent
        RBInMaine
        Dec 2016
        #19
      
        
        You weren't listening very closely, then. I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #40
      
        
        Yes, that was a gaffe, and I think that there was no way she was going to win ANY coal country votes
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #44
      
        
        I'm not saying that it didn't stand, it does.  But she had a number of "gaffes"
        SlimJimmy
        Dec 2016
        #72
      
        
        No candidate is without gaffes. Certainly none of the 'Democrat' candidates. (nt)
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #95
      
        
        I asked for the statistics that showed she lost because of specific messaging in those states.
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #103
      
        
        WRONG. She said a LOT about economics, and got the voters who were voting on that issue.
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #42
      
        
        Yes he is...I just wonder how far is Putin up his ass and how many entanglements they
        TrekLuver
        Dec 2016
        #25
      
        
        I'm going to keep posting this and continue to be ignored, I think uniformly...
        JCanete
        Dec 2016
        #13
      
        
        i completely agree with you. just so you know. as does president obama
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #14
      
        
        he said something to the effect of, how weak is our democracy when something
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #17
      
        
        While of course some of Trashpot voters because of the economy...and for some reason they think he
        TrekLuver
        Dec 2016
        #28
      
        
        She did. There were releases of DNC emails timed to distract from many of her message speeches.
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #45
      
        
        if you think our media got "drawn in" you still don't really get it. Our media has been delivering
        JCanete
        Dec 2016
        #52
      
        
        no way...esoteric email noise isn't shiny. They could have made a shit load of hay out of Trump
        JCanete
        Dec 2016
        #56
      
        
        for you to stop pretending that she didn't emphasize economic justice
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #21
      
        
        There was carefully timed releases of hacked information to detract from her message
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #46
      
        
        Bernie think that continuing to talk 'identity politics' instead of wages for the white middle class
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #47
      
        
        I think it's good to acknowledge them, stay in communication and take cues from them
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #68
      
        
        Thanks again for responding to my second response/post. Working together is the way to go.
        jalan48
        Dec 2016
        #74
      
        
        i loved that segment. i posted this thread to point to our craziness about ignoring what happened
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #33
      
        
        When referring to "social justice" the problem wasn't necessarily her message
        Sen. Walter Sobchak
        Dec 2016
        #37
      
        
        The rust belt also has some very strong racism as well as xenophobia and terrorism fears
        ehrnst
        Dec 2016
        #53
      
        
        i like that you think your answer to the same thread is worth repeating twice. nt
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #58
      
        
        You've repeated the strawman that there's a widespread call for the party to stop fighting bigotry
        Ken Burch
        Dec 2016
        #60
      
        
        i have not repeated any strawman. just because you want to accuse me of something
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #87
      
        
        There might be a tiny, tiny minority of people saying social justice should be "downplayed"
        Ken Burch
        Dec 2016
        #89
      
        
        why are you intent on convincing me of something? can you not for a minute think that you might be
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #90
      
        
        i completely agree. my post was completely in sarcasm to these baseless allegations
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #84
      
        
        yes. in no way am i saying she made no mistakes. i think she followed the data
        La Lioness Priyanka
        Dec 2016
        #88