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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 12:40 PM Dec 2017

No shortage of articles about "trump" voters and what they think. How about Hillary voters?

"In the heart of Western Kansas, snow on the ground offered a white Christmas for residents, and a way to mark the end of the year. While the County voted solidly for Trump, the Hillary voters in the community and surrounding areas remain convinced they understood Trump from the beginning."

"Cynthia, a mother from the nearby community of Garden City looked back at the first year of the Trump presidency: “I was pretty convinced on election day he was a creep. A year later, I’m still convinced he’s a creep. He’s done exactly what I thought he would do, just more of it.”

"This sentiment was echoed by members of the local UFCW union, “What did people expect? He ran as an outright racist. He has governed as a buffoon.”

"Nearby Finney county, a community with a majority-minority population and a booming population base, has been reliably Republican, in part, however, due to voter suppression. “Trump was the disaster we thought he was going to be, the bigot we all knew he was from the beginning.” "

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/27/1727887/-In-America-s-Heartland-these-Hillary-voters-stay-convinced-their-1st-impression-of-Trump-was-right

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No shortage of articles about "trump" voters and what they think. How about Hillary voters? (Original Post) Va Lefty Dec 2017 OP
Because Hillary voters are normal SharonClark Dec 2017 #1
Seems like the media is weirdly obsessed with normalizing them Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2017 #4
Trump voters are the only ones that matter - gotta keep the faith alive dalton99a Dec 2017 #2
Recommend! An excellent question. Nt lostnfound Dec 2017 #3

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
1. Because Hillary voters are normal
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 12:50 PM
Dec 2017

and Trump voters are freaks of ignorance, sexism, racism and homophobia?
Just a guess.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,437 posts)
4. Seems like the media is weirdly obsessed with normalizing them
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 03:42 PM
Dec 2017

Still don't quite understand why. Not to mention the fact that quite a lot more people (total) in this country voted for Hillary over Trump, which makes me feel somewhat relieved by the fact that there are more of us than there are of them but also depressed by the fact that Trump still won the EC vote because of his win in several select states, some of which hadn't gone Red in years.

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