https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvXssTtSj_0
I am not a Fareed fan but it is still interesting.
So what do you think?
I am not a Fareed fan but it is still interesting.
So what do you think?
Care to sum up his findings for those of us at work or cant watch the video?
Basically the Comey Letter, losing the white working class votes, the undecided switched at the last minute to Trump, people normally chose people they identify with rather than policy.
people normally chose people they identify with rather than policy.
I think this is really the big one.
So white women identified more with a braindead senile white man than an accomplished white woman?
I think this is really the big one.
So: Many reasons?
This is fucking terrifying that they chose Trump.
I believe the DNC and the Clinton campaign thought they had the election in the bag and proceeded to tread water to avoid making waves.
"He's just like us" I could retire if I got a dollar everytime I heard that IRL
Basically the Comey Letter, losing the white working class votes, the undecided switched at the last minute to Trump, people normally chose people they identify with rather than policy. The polls didn't really get it wrong, it was within margin of error, it was just that all the polls had Clinton ahead but trump was still a possibility. It went from 6-1 to 3-1.
"He's just like us" I could retire if I got a dollar everytime I heard that IRL
Basically the Comey Letter, losing the white working class votes, the undecided switched at the last minute to Trump, people normally chose people they identify with rather than policy. The polls didn't really get it wrong, it was within margin of error, it was just that all the polls had Clinton ahead but trump was still a possibility. It went from 6-1 to 3-1.
yea, that billionaire that literally has a golden bath tub is just like the average joe working construction.
"He's just like us" I could retire if I got a dollar everytime I heard that IRL
It's sad that both Al Gore and Hillary Clinton (both who would have been great Presidents with real goals and outlined plans) lost because they weren't cool enough. I guess we know now for sure that policy is no longer essential and isn't even really necessary. Doubly sad because they were chosen by the people instead of an antiquated and outdated system.I think this is really the big one.
Yes. They basically played prevent the moment Trump won the nomination.
Because the US Presidency is a popularity contest, and the amount of people who found Hillary likeable just weren't enough.
Lists two reasonsThe only reason she lost was:
But she won the popular vote.
The hate for Clinton was just too strong. People were willing to elect a twitter babbling pussy grabber with no clue about politics instead of a woman with decades of experience in politics. I should have seen it myself since nobody I knew in my real life had a positive opinion about Hillary but I thought people would make the reasonable choice in the end, but I was very wrong.
Basically the Comey Letter, losing the white working class votes, the undecided switched at the last minute to Trump, people normally chose people they identify with rather than policy. The polls didn't really get it wrong, it was within margin of error, it was just that all the polls had Clinton ahead but trump was still a possibility. It went from 6-1 to 3-1.
The only reason she lost was:
1. The media vastly underestimated the stupidity of a large section of the American populace.
2. An election system where the person with the most votes doesn't win the election.
The Electoral College needs to go. It's antiquated and Republicans keep using it to screw over Democrats.
I view the electoral college as a massively flawed Democratic voting institution. However, the amount of people ill informed about how the electoral college is staggering. This is why government should be required in school.
The popular vote has never mattered. People shouldn't be shocked by this. It matters where the vote is, not how many votes.
You can argue this is a shitty institution, I agree. But, it works as intended.
2. An election system where the person with the most votes doesn't win the election.
I work in a predominately white environment and everyone voted for Trump. These are people I consider smart but it doesn't matter. It always boggled my mind that they voted or I should say hire someone that is dumb as rocks. Like would they hire Trump if they interviewed him? Hell no but they still voted for Trump. I just don't get it.
Hillary lost because she lost in 3 states she thought were in the bag and didn't bother campaigning that hard in those 3 in the last few weeks -- Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. All states Obama won both times. Trump got pretty much the same numbers as Romney did in all 3 states, however Hillary LOST voters in every state compared to Obama turnout. In every one of those states the margins were tiny.
https://news.vice.com/story/hillary...-democrats-in-key-states-didnt-bother-to-vote
In the final weeks of the campaign Hillary campaigned hard in places like Arizona because the DNC thought they could convert a few red states to blue and pick up a few senate/house seats to increase Clinton's "mandate".
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign-arizona/index.html
All in all an extremely stupid campaign run by really out of touch people led by a candidate who lost because she didn't know the country she wanted to be President of. Her husband, one of the greatest politicians of the 20th century, pleaded with her and her staff to focus on blue collar and white workers and they completely ignored him.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/b...in-white-working-class-voters/article/2607228
His comments in Michigan marked the last leg of a lonely, one-man war he launched earlier in the election to appeal to working-class and white rural voters, whom senior Clinton staffers reportedly told him were not worth the time or effort.
In the final days of the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton and her team of proxies stuck to three key talking points: That she has the resume to be president, that it would be progressive to vote for a woman and that Donald Trump is unfit to lead.
Polls collapsed in the wake of the Comey letter. The very last ones pre-election caught it, but by then it was too late to react.Swing state polls were off. At least, I never saw a poll saying Trump would win in Wisconsin (granted he won by less than 1 percent).
Here's a simple answer (I will say that the Comey letter alone probably cost the election given that in came down to 70k votes in 3 states), Trump was the least unfavorable GOP candidate in years, and the Dems put up the least favorable candidate for their party in years. Probably anyone else could have beat Trump, Biden would have beaten him by a good margin, for example.
Basically the Comey Letter, losing the white working class votes, the undecided switched at the last minute to Trump, people normally chose people they identify with rather than policy. The polls didn't really get it wrong, it was within margin of error, it was just that all the polls had Clinton ahead but trump was still a possibility. It went from 6-1 to 3-1.
Hillary lost because she lost in 3 states she thought were in the bag and didn't bother campaigning that hard in those 3 in the last few weeks -- Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. All states Obama won both times. Trump got pretty much the same numbers as Romney did in all 3 states, however Hillary LOST voters in every state compared to Obama turnout. In every one of those states the margins were tiny.
https://news.vice.com/story/hillary...-democrats-in-key-states-didnt-bother-to-vote
In the final weeks of the campaign Hillary campaigned hard in places like Arizona because the DNC thought they could convert a few red states to blue and pick up a few senate/house seats to increase Clinton's "mandate".
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign-arizona/index.html
All in all an extremely stupid campaign run by really out of touch people led by a candidate who lost because she didn't know the country she wanted to be President of. Her husband, one of the greatest politicians of the 20th century, pleaded with her and her staff to focus on blue collar and white workers and they completely ignored him.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/b...in-white-working-class-voters/article/2607228
His comments in Michigan marked the last leg of a lonely, one-man war he launched earlier in the election to appeal to working-class and white rural voters, whom senior Clinton staffers reportedly told him were not worth the time or effort.
In the final days of the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton and her team of proxies stuck to three key talking points: That she has the resume to be president, that it would be progressive to vote for a woman and that Donald Trump is unfit to lead.
I work in a predominately white environment and everyone voted for Trump. These are people I consider smart but it doesn't matter. It always boggled my mind that they voted or I should say hire someone that is dumb as rocks. Like would they hire Trump if they interviewed him? Hell no but they still voted for Trump. I just don't get it.
yea, that billionaire that literally has a golden bath tub is just like the average joe working construction.
So: Many reasons?
She has no charisma and called voters names. Is there really much more to say?