2016 USA Presidential election thread II: And. Here. We. Go!

**tyven** · 2016-11-09 02:40

I can't believe her entire campaign staff is going to randomly all "commit suicide" on the same night

**Thunder** · 2016-11-09 02:40

Originally Posted by tyven

None or all, depending on how you look at it. Disenfranchised white people are a real thing. The undereducated and underserved are scared of a changing America and others (I assume the types like you) are just annoyed.

Yeah, I'm just thinking how sad it is all the efforts that BLM type people went to try make change happen... and it sort of culminates in this, lol

I knew blocking off high ways, yelling in libraries, etc was retarded and thought the worst that could happen is the media makes them look like crazies. But I'm genuinely shocked like... all? the pollsters/statisticians did not predict the amount of support trump got

Seems, to me, like it was a silent majority that felt "enough of this shit" vs actually voting for the TV celebrity/crooked businessman over the career politician

really feels like liberals did this to themselves

**Salodin** · 2016-11-09 02:40

Oh shit, Hillary concedes!!!

**Aerin** · 2016-11-09 02:41

Originally Posted by Dantrag

The mentality that she didn't have to speak to those people and tell them why they should vote for her.

That's not what I was saying at all. There's a difference between me saying you're possibly (because I don't know all the issues that are important to you) voting against your own interests just because you want to send a message, and saying that I think it was okay for her not to reach out to the Bernie voters and others. I think she did, but I'm honestly not sure what else you wanted her to do? I mean, she did change some of her positions, she said she wanted to be a President for all. I just don't know what else specifically you would've wanted her to do.

And to be fair, Republicans weren't thinking the night was going to go this way either. They're surprised too that they did so well among the various demographics. I mean I don't think you can realistically say that Trump tried to reach out to voters who aren't white other than saying, "What have you got to lose" and "No one respects women better than me."

**Ezek** · 2016-11-09 02:41

Clinton just conceded

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**tyven** · 2016-11-09 02:41

Is trump going to speak? I'll get out of bed for that

**Vaspinne** · 2016-11-09 02:42

Originally Posted by tyven

None or all, depending on how you look at it. Disenfranchised white people are a real thing. The undereducated and underserved are scared of a changing America and others (I assume the types like you) are just annoyed.

This. A lot of interesting discussion about how the globalized parts of the country were full swing "Hillary landslide" and how the suburban white people who... well, are kind of more simple and not so "OMG FACEBOOK/TWITTER/INSTAGRAM" came out on droves and really determined the outcome of this election. Their numbers were underestimated I think purely because of a lack of 'loudness' compared to the connected community, if that makes sense?

And considering some of the things we're hearing about Hillary making little to no effort in states like Wisconsin, clearly ignoring them or overestimating how many of their votes she was sure to get was a big part of her undoing.

**6souls** · 2016-11-09 02:42

Tonight is giving me flashbacks of when Vince acquired the WCW.

I would love to Donald do a speech like this.

**Salodin** · 2016-11-09 02:42

Originally Posted by tyven

Is trump going to speak? I'll get out of bed for that

Yeah, he is last I heard. He wasn't going to, but changed his mind.

**Cail** · 2016-11-09 02:42

Originally Posted by tyven

Is trump going to speak? I'll get out of bed for that

yes

**FNH** · 2016-11-09 02:43

Originally Posted by tyven

Is trump going to speak? I'll get out of bed for that

yup

**Dantrag** · 2016-11-09 02:46

Originally Posted by Aerin

That's not what I was saying at all. There's a difference between me saying you're possibly (because I don't know all the issues that are important to you) voting against your own interests just because you want to send a message, and saying that I think it was okay for her not to reach out to the Bernie voters and others. I think she did, but I'm honestly not sure what else you wanted her to do? I mean, she did change some of her positions, she said she wanted to be a President for all. I just don't know what else specifically you would've wanted her to do.

And to be fair, Republicans weren't thinking the night was going to go this way either. They're surprised too that they did so well among the various demographics. I mean I don't think you can realistically say that Trump tried to reach out to voters who aren't white other than saying, "What have you got to lose" and "No one respects women better than me."

As I've stated I voted for her. But I completely understand the mentality of the people that didn't vote for her(Bernie Sanders voters). She did not show respect to them at all. At a young age that means a fucking lot, she didn't work for their vote at all. There are plenty of people in America that are disenfranchised with American politics(mostly white people) and Trump and Sanders were something different. Clinton is exactly what we've had for the past 30 years. And according to CNN she didn't work for the hispanic vote AT ALL. She didn't visit WI SINCE THE PRIMARIES. She JUST visited MI in the past few days.

No one did. But "white-lash" happened. Whites still are by far the most prominent race in the United States.

edit: CNN just announced Trump as President Elect.

**Jefe** · 2016-11-09 02:48

We won fam.

BG on suicide watch?

**Niiro** · 2016-11-09 02:48

Originally Posted by tyven

None or all, depending on how you look at it. Disenfranchised white people are a real thing. The undereducated and underserved are scared of a changing America and others (I assume the types like you) are just annoyed.

Possibly the saddest part of it all is that Trump is not going to fix their problems.

But at this point I'm not even sure that matters anymore.

**6souls** · 2016-11-09 02:49

Trump crying like a Clinton supporter.

**Salodin** · 2016-11-09 02:49

America got its first mail order wife, at least.

**Vaspinne** · 2016-11-09 02:50

He's about to speak. Here we go.

**Headspace** · 2016-11-09 02:50

Originally Posted by Niiro

Possibly the saddest part of it all is that Trump is not going to fix their problems.

But at this point I'm not even sure that matters anymore.

Manufacturing jobs aren't coming back.

But you know

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**Vaspinne** · 2016-11-09 02:52

If Trump spoke like this during his campaign, he would not have won lol

**dasva** · 2016-11-09 02:53

Did we just shitpost someone into the presidency?

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