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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: Who did you vote for? [View all]

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
12. Perhaps but claims that Trump's strong opposition to the TPP was key in Ohio...
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 09:14 PM
Nov 2016

...doesn't jibe with Portman (a strong proponent of the TPP) defeating Strickland (an opponent of the TPP) by more than 21 points.

Basically, I think claims that Trump beat Clinton due to economic messaging is absolute hogwash.

Voter suppression, racism, sexism, xenophobia, the FBI...those were factors.

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