The truth is that the share of Hispanic voters won by Trump is broadly in line with the share of Hispanic voters won by GOP candidates going back several election cycles. There are outliers, like when John Kerry only won 57% of Hispanic voters, or when Obama in 2008 won 75%, but generally, and going back to the 1980s,…

But also because not nearly as many black voters, Latino voters and young voters turned out.

I’m sure all the people of color in those southern and western states would love to hear your proposal about making their votes worth even less.

The two bills you highlighted came within the first 18 months of Obama’s time in office. You know—the ONLY 18 months when he had a majority of Democrats in the House and could pass that kind of legislation.

I agree. I just keep reminding myself that we had eight years of Bush II—arguably the worst presidency in the history of the country—and Obama was able to clean most of that mess up in less than two full terms.

Yeah. The first part seems plausible—there’s clearly mondo dirt on the guy. However, the House is gerrymandered to oblivion, and the Senate will probably only flip in a major Democratic wave situation. I think the sad reality is that we’re stuck with one-party GOP rule until 2020.

Agree 100% with the first paragraph.

I don’t think many or even most people are arguing that all Trump supporters are white supremacists. I do think pretty much 100% of white supremacists are Trump supporters, though, which should’ve a pretty big canary in the ol’ coal mine.

It’s a problem more for down-ballot races, where you need 468 qualified, viable candidates every two years in the House/Senate. Less of a problem for the presidency, where you just need one good candidate with a solid message and campaigning chops. Don’t forget that Jimmy Carter was nobody on the national stage in…

It’s worse—she underperformed by SEVEN million votes.

Or...is it on you? And on us*?

I really just think the problem is that D voters didn’t show up to vote. There are a bunch of reasons for this, but really, Hillary got 59 million votes in 2016 and Obama got 69 million votes in 2008. Those numbers say it all. If Dems turned out to vote in numbers even remotely close to 2008 (or 2012!) she’d be our…

“The absurdity of this is how far liberals are out of touch with conservatives.”

Only one of those people was remotely qualified to do the job.

I hate to break it to you but it wasn’t the election cycle that was polarizing. It’s us that’s polarizing.

My money is on us never ever seeing a response to that comment. Much like the time last year when one of the Jezebel writers published a post about how Donald Trump would drop out of the race by Thanksgiving because of his dodgy financial history, and she never wrote a follow-up or response. There’s something about…

So...you’re still doing this, huh?

Which Deadspin staffer are you?

Good that Burneko ignored Clinton’s eight years as a senator where she compiled the tenth-most liberal voting record in the chamber to declare her an avatar of the center-right.

It’s funny how much you guys rip on Nate Silver and then turn around and quote his forecasting model in your posts. Or is that on purpose, so you can leech off of his reputation?