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2016 Postmortem

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts) Thu Dec 8, 2016, 03:09 PM Dec 2016

A big question: did Trump's racism and demagoguery ultimately help him or hurt him? [View all]

A lot of people were apparently taken in by his "economic" message. But how well would that economic message have stood up without his racism and demagoguery about Muslims and immigrants?

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	he would have won either way because of his economic message
	1 (9%)
	he would have done better without the racism and demagoguery
	1 (9%)
	he would have done worse without the racism and demagoguery
	9 (82%)
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A big question: did Trump's racism and demagoguery ultimately help him or hurt him? [View all] Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 OP

WOW - trick question? Laf.La.Dem. Dec 2016 #1

sort of-- I had a feeling about the answer but was wondering what others thought Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #5

As I've said in a few threads, exit polls showed him winning on terrorism and immigration. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #2

Yes, I agree. I wonder if when these people said they liked his economic message, they either Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #6

Conscious and subconscious biases work their way into many of our decisions. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #11

This treestar Dec 2016 #16

Agreed. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #17

Trumps non-PC comments helped him because they diverted Hillary from talking about jobs Dems to Win Dec 2016 #3

makes sense, and scary it worked. Did he do it on purpose because he's so smart, or it just worked Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #7

Trump is a Reality TV Master. A master of persuasion. Dems to Win Dec 2016 #9

yes, but it also helps that he can lie so easily Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #10

And, yet, everyone knew he was a liar. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #12

we all knew that, very well Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #13

Yeah, that's possible. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #14

It was central to his campaign BainsBane Dec 2016 #4

Yes, it's clear that he didn't win SIMPLY because he had a good non-racist economic message Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #8

kick for a few more votes Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #15