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oldmanjay on Nov 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

I'm not sure you understand the American mindset terribly well. Party loyalty didn't play much of a role here.

simonh on Nov 9, 2016 [–]

Americans are humans and humans are tribal.

Many previously Democrat voters switched to Trump, but without a heavy base of reliable Republican voters the swing voters that supposedly decide elections, on their own, wouldn't have decided anything.

oldmanjay on Nov 9, 2016 | [–]

Restating an incorrect position won't make it true.

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