# Here’s a list of reasons from various pundits about why the Democrats got whipped. Agree / Disagree? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 20, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562 "2016-11-20T18:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562/161 "2016-12-23T17:59:16Z")
The PC whiners have only themselves to blame. It permeates the culture and people are tired of it. Just last week I saw a play about a wealthy job creator who gets gaslit by three preachy social justice warriors who guilt him into giving away his own money to a bunch of welfare moochers and libtards. And that was supposed to be a \*happy \*ending! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562/162 "2016-12-23T20:25:45Z")
Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Donpeyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Donpeyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donpeyote)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562/163 "2016-12-23T20:30:00Z")
The Far Left & Left fear “Flyover” Conservatives & Southerners far more than they fear unvetted young male Syrians & Jordanians & Iraqis & Somalis & Tunisians & … and tattooed eMe Cartel henchmen and their families & friends … ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562/164 "2016-12-23T20:42:58Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > One task facing liberals ahead may be realizing how they were wrong without throwing up their hands and abandoning their principles. > > The second issue is realizing that racists/xenophobes had little to no effect on the race because those votes are baked in. They ALWAYS vote Republican, they didn’t suddenly become racist/xenophobes AFTER electing Obama into office TWICE just in time to vote for Trump over the worst Democratic candidate in modern history. Well, look, I didn’t vote for Trump, and I don’t always vote Republican – but I have to admit, when I saw the Dems putting an illegal up on stage at their convention, I was thinking _what, are they going to arrest the illegal on live national television? I mean, that’d be kind of awesome, but – oh. Oh, they’re on the side of lawbreakers? Huh. Well, I’m not voting for Trump, but I’ll vote for Republicans who’d oppose Hillary._ ---
**Author:** ![Donpeyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Donpeyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donpeyote)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562/165 "2016-12-23T21:18:51Z")
The Country has moved to the Middle Left from the Near Far Left … ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562/166 "2016-12-23T21:35:51Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Just last week I saw a play about a wealthy job creator who gets gaslit by three preachy social justice warriors who guilt him into giving away his own money to a bunch of welfare moochers and libtards. And that was supposed to be a \*happy \*ending! Was it Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562/167 "2016-12-24T00:32:33Z")
I am a very moderate conservative, I despise Donald Trump and everything he represents and stands for. I voted for Trump because I was starting to feel picked on as a white male. I was pissed off that somehow enforcing immigration laws suddenly became a political issue and that those who favored it were being called racists. I also favor the idea of slow change in a country, I felt that the liberals on the left were gaining too much power and start creating too many changes at one time. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562/168 "2016-12-24T00:53:13Z")
> [@Donpeyote](#): > > The Far Left & Left fear “Flyover” Conservatives & Southerners far more than they fear unvetted young male Syrians & Jordanians & Iraqis & Somalis & Tunisians & … and tattooed eMe Cartel henchmen and their families & friends … > [@Donpeyote](#): > > The Country has moved to the Middle Left from the Near Far Left … Please do present The Board with the reasoned arguments behihnd these deep insights. Oh, pretty-please do! 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562.md?page=8)