On The Election That Was

[chris_gerrib]

Because it has been on my mind, herewith are some thoughts on the election. I intend to go from facts to theories about the facts to recommendations.

FactsLooking at the voting data, it appears that Clinton lost the election because in many states, rural areas that had voted Republican in 2008 and 2012 60/40 went Republican in 2016 70/30 or 80/

Comments

[baron_waste]

The short version of this is what I said earlier - the American people voted against Comrade Hillary and everything she represents.  That's what mattered.

As for Trump, it's amusing to see the People's Revolutionary Media wonks bitch and whine about how he is treating them - and how the American people just don't get it.  Yes, we do, and we have had quite enough of them.  He's NOT a smarmy mealymouthed professional politician, which - again - is why he won.

[You may not be quite old enough to remember this, but I want you to notice the crowd reaction.

https://youtu.be/tmfkYu4m2jA

The word of the day is, landslide.  Today, the mainstream media cartels finally got told the same thing - and the nation's reaction is the same.]

ne

[chris_gerrib]

Except it wasn't a landslide. Trump won Pennsylvania by 46,000 votes out of nearly 5 million cast in that state. That's 0.8% margin of victory. His wins in other key states were similarly narrow, and he lost the overall popular vote by 3 million.

Re: ne

[baron_waste]

I'll assume my own grammar was at fault there - and that you ARE too young to remember Reagan's election victories, which are what I was referring to.  He threw Jimmy Carter and the whole People's Socialist Democratic machine in the trash merely by asking the American electorate, “Had enough

Re: ne

[chris_gerrib]

I not only remember Reagan I voted for him in 1984 (my first election). He beat Carter in 1980 by 10%. That was a landslide.