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Massachusetts Seniors Back Clinton over Trump
Annual Seniors' Picnic | 8/20/16 | vanity

Posted on 08/20/2016 11:02:19 AM PDT by pabianice

Attended a county seniors' picnic today as a staff member helping serve over 1,200 lunches. Toward the end of the lunch the MC asked the audience whether they would vote for Clinton or Trump. Clinton voters were in the clear majority. Disappointing from people who should know better.


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To: pabianice

You would expect different in MA?


41 posted on 08/20/2016 1:05:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: pabianice

Must have been in a city. In the burbs everyone backs Trump.


42 posted on 08/20/2016 1:08:17 PM PDT by Snowybear
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To: Mears

I’m 77 and have not lived a pampered life either. Would like to know the age of the people posting gleefully that us old folks will be dead soon. Wonder what they think of their own parents. Would also like to hear from them when they start approaching our age and the younger crowd treats them as a burden.


43 posted on 08/20/2016 1:12:20 PM PDT by sockhead
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To: sportutegrl

You ask a 1,000 people who have stood in line to get a free lunch and you think they’re going to be conservative?


44 posted on 08/20/2016 1:12:21 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Mears; pabianice
The poster didn’t say in what town the picnic took place.

Worcester county maybe? Surprising. That is one of the more Republican parts of the state.

For some reason, a lot of people in Massachusetts think of Republicans as "them" -- the other side. You could already see some of that back in the Kennedy-Nixon years, and it's only gotten more pronounced over time.

The other thing about Massachusetts is that you never get that far away from Boston. And if you do -- the Connecticut Valley, the Berkshires, Provincetown, Nantucket -- it's just more Boston, only in vacation homes. It's not like in other states where the city and the countryside vote for opposite parties.

45 posted on 08/20/2016 1:13:30 PM PDT by x
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To: x

That state currently is like the 70s in CA. They do not have a huge illegal immigration problem and they draw tourist with their links to American History.


46 posted on 08/20/2016 1:15:37 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: pabianice

What do you expect of a state called Messoftwoshitz?


47 posted on 08/20/2016 1:30:07 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Hillary 2016? ...................... What are they thinking? Another Evita, Melba??)
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To: pabianice
My recently departed aunt (age 92 at passing),a devout Catholic,was a die hard Rat supporter.When I tried to tell her about all the Rat policies and positions that are completely contrary to Christian (and Catholic) teaching she didn't care a bit.When asked why she insisted on supporting them she said "because they give me my Social Security".

In just about any age group,with a few notable exceptions of course,if you receive any kind of government check you're likely to vote Rat.

48 posted on 08/20/2016 1:30:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rat Party,try as it might,just isn't very good at hiding what it *truly* is.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

That thinking is pervasive.
Santa Clause government.


49 posted on 08/20/2016 1:32:30 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: pabianice

It’s Massachusetts. Don’t spend any effort to sway votes in Massachusetts. .. Or in Connecticut. The state he needs to win is Florida.


50 posted on 08/20/2016 1:33:39 PM PDT by Brilliant
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“The other thing about Massachusetts is that you never get that far away from Boston. “

That’s the geography of small states.

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51 posted on 08/20/2016 1:36:26 PM PDT by Mears
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To: sockhead

“Would also like to hear from them when they start approaching our age and the younger crowd treats them as a burden.”


Good.

Payback can be a bi***.

:-)

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52 posted on 08/20/2016 1:39:24 PM PDT by Mears
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To: surrey

I was in Boston in 2014 for a few hours; the tour bus driver, a woman probably 70, was conservative and hated the Kennedys. She was just one of those always outvoted.


53 posted on 08/20/2016 1:47:15 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, Kelli Ward 2016)
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To: pabianice

Mass? Lefty, left left.


54 posted on 08/20/2016 2:03:48 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: pabianice

massachusetts seniors LIB idiots all their lives...continue being “senior” idiots.


55 posted on 08/20/2016 2:26:27 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: pabianice

My mother in Massachusetts, age 85, is a confirmed, rock-ribbed Democrat. She has always voted Dem and always will.

She once solemnly intoned that, “Democrats are for the little guy and Republicans are for the rich.” She is firmly convinced of this mythology and cannot be dissuaded. God knows I’ve tried.

This is why Massachusett voters fiercely support the likes of Ted Kennedy, Bawney Fwank and Lieawatha Warren, despite all logic to the contrary. You cannot change their minds.

Luckily, there is still a sizeable portion of Patriots in the mix. People still go shooting on weekends at the various sportsmen’s clubs. Massachusetts came close to electing Jim Ogonowski over Nikki the Dunce Tsongas to the House a few years ago. All is not lost in the Bay State.


56 posted on 08/20/2016 2:56:33 PM PDT by DNME (The only solution to a BAD GUY with a gun is a GOOD GUY with a gun.)
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To: pabianice

I’m not really sure if there was a point to even posting this. It’s a tautology...like saying “Hillary-supporters are backing Hillary”.


57 posted on 08/20/2016 3:00:05 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: pabianice

Alshiemers on display.


58 posted on 08/20/2016 3:03:28 PM PDT by Mark (Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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To: Gay State Conservative
I don't recall Donald Trump saying ANYTHING about social security.

Oh, the libs continue to use it every election because it works, but no republican has ever "taken away yer social security check".

59 posted on 08/20/2016 3:19:00 PM PDT by boop (And then Hillary fell into a deep sleep for 11 months...)
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To: boop

I’m from Malden, MA. Home of Ed Markey. I know many former city and state employees who are die hard Democrats. They took their pensions and moved to Florida. When they come up for the Summer. They stay at their cottages in New Hampshire. Now, what do Florida and New Hampshire have in common?


60 posted on 08/20/2016 3:23:39 PM PDT by MGG
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