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2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

(146,262 posts) Sun Jul 19, 2015, 12:00 PM Jul 2015

Black Votes Matter! Hispanic Votes Matter!

The Votes of All People of Color Matter!

Right now, for the Democratic primary candidates, that's the message they should be listening to. Alienating any of those groups is not a good campaign strategy. Not at all.

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Black Votes Matter! Hispanic Votes Matter! (Original Post) MineralMan Jul 2015 OP

Could you please be more specific? HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #1

I have another thread in GDP that is more specific. MineralMan Jul 2015 #2

I don't see any specific proposals there. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #3

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

1. Could you please be more specific?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 12:31 PM

Jul 2015

I'm going to include all the candidates here. In what manner are minorities being alienated? What proposals should be included in the platforms?

MineralMan

(146,262 posts)

2. I have another thread in GDP that is more specific.

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 12:32 PM

Jul 2015

This one is general and applies to all Democratic candidates. They seem not to be getting this fundamental fact. I wish they'd fix that in their individual campaigns.

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

3. I don't see any specific proposals there.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 12:49 PM

Jul 2015

So what are the candidates doing to alienate minorities? What proposals should they be including in their platforms? Being angry is fine, but a candidate can't run on a platform of general anger. There needs to be some concrete proposals to present.

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