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2016 Postmortem

Amishman

(5,820 posts)

6. Yes, but so did sexism, WikiLeaks, poor campaigning, and the alt right

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 12:57 PM

Dec 2016

Trump was such an awful candidate that remove even one of these factors and she wins.

The focus going forward shouldn't be on Hillary, but on our overall weakness and what can be done to fix things. If Comey/WikiLeaks/sexism/campaign goofs were the only problems; then we'd control Congress, state legislatures, and governorships.

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Did James Comey Cost Hillary Clinton The Election? [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

I don't think so. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #1

Yes, even Hillary admits she made mistakes... you hafta give her credit for that! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #3

False... Nate silver calculated a 4℅ me change after Comey uponit7771 Dec 2016 #10

Silver blew everything else, TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #12

Pollsters were wrong the entire year HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #13

How true. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #14

Yes, they didn't factor in treason... I don't blame them for that uponit7771 Dec 2016 #17

What Shutt of Iowa and others like him don't realize First trump needs shraby Dec 2016 #2

At time Comey came out 11 days before election, Trump was dropping from vile comments on women. Hoyt Dec 2016 #4

"So many of us... decided to vote Trump just to stop Hillary." Tatiana Dec 2016 #5

Yes, but so did sexism, WikiLeaks, poor campaigning, and the alt right Amishman Dec 2016 #6

No question, and don't forget to add in repug vote suppression and tampering issuing . . . brush Dec 2016 #7

At least we now know pressbox69 Dec 2016 #8

Stopped at the guy who started feeling sypathetic for Trump because his victims spoke up. SaschaHM Dec 2016 #9

YES!!! Link inside uponit7771 Dec 2016 #11

It did not help Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #15

Given the huge differences between the two candidates it's hard to imagine someone being undecided jalan48 Dec 2016 #16