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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by rdlecler1 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:30AM (#20764643)
>I think a lot of people who were born in the west don't understand that, when you're very poor, economic circumstances matter more than political freedom. After all, having money (or not) affects what you can or cannot do far more than whoever's in charge.

Economic concerns elected Trump.

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by Nasrudith on Thursday August 22, 2019 @07:43AM (#20766962)
Except that is wrong. The average Trump voter had more money and assets. Disproportionate wrong-headed electoral college are what got him elected - he lost by 13 million votes!
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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by rdlecler1 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:25AM (#20768384)
You can still have economic concerns whether you are poor or wealthy. This is going to be the biggest driver of a presidential election: who is going to make me better off.
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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by RightMillennial on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:32AM (#20768461)
You're off by an order of magnitude. Trump received 62.98 m votes while Clinton received 65.85 m. That's a difference of 2.87 m votes not 13 million. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidentia...)
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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by Nasrudith on Thursday August 22, 2019 @05:52PM (#20772726)
Ah I mixes it up with the bizzare 13 million illegal immigrant Hillary voters claims - assuming that was the loss margin he was trying to delegitimize.
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