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So no, Trump didn't get elected because people desperate for a job were willing to overlook his hate. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politic

• gizmo 10y ago
  Obama was an unusually charismatic candidate who got 93% of the Black vote in 2012 and 96% in 2008. There is no way Hillary or any other democratic candidate could match that. Hispanic turnout did turn out a bit below expectations, but not by much. Note that Hillary got completely crushed in the "White w/o college degree" category, which is a much larger demographic. And despite that Hillary still won the popular vote by 3 million votes. She did pretty well across the board and in an election as close as this one almost any single thing could have flipped the outcome.
  • oh_sigh 10y ago
    Interesting that you attribute Obama getting 93/96% of the black vote to his...charisma. Yes, I'm sure that was it. > There is no way Hillary or any other democratic candidate could match that. So, black people vote for a "charismatic" candidate, but when they are left with a mediocre candidate and a candidate that (as is argued) hates them, they decide "Hey, the guy that hates me is better than someone who isn't so charismatic"?