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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s what people said about Hillary in 2008 and I don’t remember her winning the Primary.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol because enough people hated her enough to not vote for her or to (bleh) vote for Trump, the only one using populist rhetoric (even though we knew he was full of shit)

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

She ran against Obama in 2008, and despite being the media and party favorite, lost to Obama who received more votes.