2016 Postmortem

dionysus

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19. Your numbers are right, but in presidential races at least, the last several

Sun Jan 15, 2017, 08:41 AM

Jan 2017

anyhow, have split the country right down the middle so to speak... her 3 million cushion was enough to show a clear popular vote win in number, but still not enough to put up a large margin percentage-wise.

Let that be a cautionary tale (that no one will heed, sadly) about putting forth a candidate with high negatives...

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I am of the opinion that Clinton ran a solid campaign. [View all] NCTraveler Jan 2017 OP

Of course she did - and I started as a Bernie supporter. The media owns much of the outcome NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #1

Thanks for saying that! BlueMTexpat Jan 2017 #15

K & R ......agreed....nt Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #2

Yep. n/t Lucinda Jan 2017 #3

Hillary had to overcome numerous formidable obstacles Martin Eden Jan 2017 #4

Agree with each point. nt. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #5

Good analysis. nt. andym Jan 2017 #25

Money is essential as air HRC2020 Jan 2017 #47

Are you referring to Hillary's secret speeches to Wall Street bigwigs? Martin Eden Jan 2017 #48

Agreed-the Comey act of treason really hurt Gothmog Jan 2017 #6

Agreed. SharonAnn Jan 2017 #7

Yes she did mcar Jan 2017 #8

A great one, I think. Orsino Jan 2017 #9

I agree. yardwork Jan 2017 #10

Whenever you lose anything by a tiny bit Yupster Jan 2017 #11

Exactly. More people were given reason to vote than did. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #12

Post removed Post removed Jan 2017 #13

This is, without a doubt, the fault of RUSSIAN HACKING. 3 million does not lie. LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #14

It was a very close race zipplewrath Jan 2017 #16

I don't buy it. We should have been able to run a moldy ham dionysus Jan 2017 #17

Republicans had control of every level of government before and after November 8th Cosmocat Jan 2017 #18

Your numbers are right, but in presidential races at least, the last several dionysus Jan 2017 #19

Her "negatives" are the result of her running for POTUS Cosmocat Jan 2017 #22

I admit i don't really like hillary... but i don't have to. I didn't dionysus Jan 2017 #38

Your last point is a pet peeve of mine... Yurovsky Jan 2017 #42

he's an asshole and a bad businessman, but he knows how to appeal to people Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #28

Well, yes and no... he does appeal to people, certain people, by dionysus Jan 2017 #37

It may have been solid NobodyHere Jan 2017 #20

We should have worked outside influences harder like Trump. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #23

K&R betsuni Jan 2017 #21

It definitely was solid. She clearly learned from 2008. Tatiana Jan 2017 #24

Recommended. And also: guillaumeb Jan 2017 #26

She ran a solid campaign and so did Trump. andym Jan 2017 #27

I think the biggest mistake her campaign made--that we all made-- was believing the polls Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #29

Completely agree. Nt NCTraveler Jan 2017 #31

Trump is very good at what he does. HassleCat Jan 2017 #30

I still don't understand the math behind the EC votes. Rex Jan 2017 #32

All campaigns make mistakes, but IMO they handled the email "issue" very poorly MichMan Jan 2017 #33

Agreed. I suspect part of the reason for the poor response on that Lee-Lee Jan 2017 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #34

Not sure where I argued anything about Trump not being President Elect. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #35

I don't think she did at all Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2017 #39

Solid campaign vs popular perception hurl Jan 2017 #40

she would have won, with ease, on a level playing field. Takket Jan 2017 #41

If there was a weakness is was complacency after the Access Hollywood video. aikoaiko Jan 2017 #43

I am not of the opinion she ran a flawless campaign. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #45

She lost to someone who had worse favorable ratings than Goldwater jfern Jan 2017 #44

Pretty shocking. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #46