3 ms·
'Yeah, I'm a huckster. But I'm the best, and now I'm going to be a huckster for you.' That is, as best as I can tell, the core of it. That and: - Clinton took
by aaronbrethorst 9y ago
'Yeah, I'm a huckster. But I'm the best, and now I'm going to be a huckster for you.' That is, as best as I can tell, the core of it. That and:
- Clinton took the midwestern 'blue firewall' for granted
- Russia
- Comey
- Sexism
- Voter suppression, especially amongst African-Americans
- Really wrong candidate for a strongly populism-tinged election cycle
120,000 votes total across three states would've flipped the election, and we'd be having a totally different conversation right now.
n.b. I voted for Clinton in the primaries and general.
- mikeash 9y agoJust a minor correction to that last point: Clinton lost Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin by a total of just under 80,000 votes. That means that only 40,000 votes flipping could have changed the outcome, if they had flipped in the right places. Of course, this is nothing compared to 2000, where the number was a mere 269.
- aaronbrethorst 9y agoWhoops, my bad. You're absolutely right.