The crazy thing though is that statistics also contributed to the loss. There was a campaign to discredit Clinton so many Democrats weren't happy about her. See

The crazy thing though is that statistics also contributed to the loss. There was a campaign to discredit Clinton so many Democrats weren't happy about her. Seeing statistics in her favor many Democrats decided to either stay home or vote 3rd party. This also give extra opportunity to tilt scales in 3 important states to win the entire election. Moral of the story is, one should never assume that their candidate winning in polls is an excuse to not vote.