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> HRC knew they had a problem in MN, WI, PA. They just couldn't figure out what was going on in time. Yeah, the problem is that they took those states (and it’
by xienze 6y ago
> HRC knew they had a problem in MN, WI, PA. They just couldn't figure out what was going on in time.
Yeah, the problem is that they took those states (and it’s MI not MN) for granted as safe blue states (which they had been for decades) and bought into the “Hillary is so far ahead in the polls she doesn’t even think about Trump anymore”[0] hype that they didn’t see the need to campaign there.
0: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/23/hillary-clinton-so-far-ahead-in-polls-that-doesnt-even-think-abo/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/23/hillary-clinton-...
- specialist 6y agoThat's among the least of my criticisms. But it's easy to criticize. One unintuitive thing I wish was more easily explained: Any given move to gain votes will lose other votes. It's a wicked hard optimization problem.