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13. Chest thumping has always worked in American politics.

Thu Oct 6, 2016, 04:19 PM

Oct 2016

Candidates imitating manliness always do well.

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I just averaged the last 5 national polls [View all] The Polack MSgt Oct 2016 OP

not to excuse (because there is none), unblock Oct 2016 #1

"klansmen, methheads, and their willing enablers" The Polack MSgt Oct 2016 #2

and they objected to being called "a basket of deplorables" ;) unblock Oct 2016 #10

I'm white - OhZone Oct 2016 #4

Most of the worst people in my life too The Polack MSgt Oct 2016 #9

A lot of it is always, but more now than usual, self-identity whatthehey Oct 2016 #5

Chest thumping has always worked in American politics. kwassa Oct 2016 #13

+1 JustAnotherGen Oct 2016 #14

Just to verify...you didn't compute an average of percentages, did you? forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #6

I do understand the math The Polack MSgt Oct 2016 #8

Rump needs at minimum 65 percent of the white vote to win Wednesdays Oct 2016 #11

Romney did better than that with white Americans. He still lost emulatorloo Oct 2016 #12