(November 10, 2016 at 11:51 pm)Aegon Wrote: I knew it. Hillary just couldn't mobilize them. People were passionate about Obama. Nobody was really passionate about her. To be honest, why should they have been?
I wasn't either, at first. But over time I realized people NEEDED to be or we'd got, well, what we just got, so I did some mental gymnastics.
I still don't hate her the way others do, but I loved Bernie. He was loved by rural people too, the people that Trump appealed to. He would have won.
BTW I was really motivated for Obama. My hubby dubbed him Double Obama in the 2008 primaries, and I even knocked on doors and handed out fliers.
I donated $10 to Bernies campaign. It's not much, but hey, I'm disabled on a budget right now.
For Hillary...I voted. I didn't even post positive nice stuff on social media. I did make a few arguments here in her favor, but like what, twice?
Sigh.
But these are the same problem. Min is right, the Democrats didn't get out and vote. And everyone else is right, they didn't get out and vote because they weren't motivated to do so. They weren't motivated to do so because a LOT of the younger voters really, really wanted to vote for change.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
