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"How did this (Trump) happen?" (Original Post) kpete Mar 2017 OP
Trump happened because voters who wouldn't vote or voted beachbum bob Mar 2017 #1
+ 1,000 greatauntoftriplets Mar 2017 #4
No, it's not. elleng Mar 2017 #8
It's easier to blame voters than bad marketing bekkilyn Mar 2017 #9
Right. elleng Mar 2017 #10
Posted here: elleng Mar 2017 #2
It doesn't matter.. coco22 Mar 2017 #3
Those that voted for Trump thought they could get more than they were getting from the democrats. caroldansen Mar 2017 #5
Those that voted for Trump wasn't the deciding factor beachbum bob Mar 2017 #7
K&R and Bookmarked! smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #6
 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
1. Trump happened because voters who wouldn't vote or voted
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 06:58 PM
Mar 2017

3rd party because they couldn't settle for lesser or 2 evils and not giving a god damn if real evil took over....That is the only reason trump happened...

elleng

(131,136 posts)
8. No, it's not.
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 07:15 PM
Mar 2017

Restoring the Integrity of Our Democracy

**Remarks as presented to the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy, Boston College School of Law on January 24, 2017**

Not so many years ago, Robert F. Kennedy said:

“Democracy is no easy form of government. Few nations have been able to sustain it. For it requires that we take the chances of freedom; that the liberating play of reason be brought to bear on events filled with passion; that dissent be allowed to make its appeal for acceptance; that men chance error in their search for the truth.”

American democracy is a topic on which many incumbent politicians love to wax poetic.

We have all heard long sermons on the beauty of our democracy, the brilliance of our Constitution.
This is not one of those talks.

Our democracy is in trouble.

We have become bored with our politics.
So bored, in fact, that most of us would rather be entertained by it than read about it.
We’d sooner protest its shortcomings than take part in its healing.
I want to speak with you today about the immediate challenges facing our Nation;
The common good we share as a people.
The human institutions we have created — over time — to preserve, protect and defend our liberties.
The dignity of every individual person.

The State of Our Democracy'>>>

https://medium.com/@MartinOMalley/restoring-the-integrity-of-our-democracy-99494497460f#.p0b57sbvo

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12816145

And there's more.


bekkilyn

(454 posts)
9. It's easier to blame voters than bad marketing
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 07:39 PM
Mar 2017

If a restaurant shuts down because it can't get enough customers, do we typically blame people for not wanting to eat there? If candidates can't get enough votes when and where it counts, its not the fault of people who didn't want to vote for them but a failure on the part of candidates who weren't able to connect with those people for whatever reasons.

elleng

(131,136 posts)
2. Posted here:
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 06:59 PM
Mar 2017
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016181042

As I said, I think the worst part is:

10. Many people asked, bewilderedly, “how did this happen?” When I suggest it had a lot to do with the 35-year-long decline of incomes of the bottom 60 percent; the growing sense, ever since the Wall Street bailout, that the game is rigged; and the utter failure of both Republicans and Democrats to reverse these trends – they gave me blank stares.

caroldansen

(725 posts)
5. Those that voted for Trump thought they could get more than they were getting from the democrats.
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 07:03 PM
Mar 2017

There is no one better than the democrats. Now they know it.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
7. Those that voted for Trump wasn't the deciding factor
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 07:13 PM
Mar 2017

The non voter and 3rd party Stein voters gave us trump...

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