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« on: December 21, 2016, 07:47:31 AM »
The polling was skewed by a media who wanted Hillary to win. The various polling outfits deliberately produced polls that showed Hillary winning and a few were just outlandish. The reliable polls such as IBD showed what was really happening but was ignored, because it showed what was happening.
The so called snap polls online were dissed by the MSM as "unreliable" since most were showing Trump more favorable than Hillary, whereas in reality they were a good measure of sentiment because more people were using social media and the Internet for their news source since the MSM bias was so blatant.
Then in Trump's favor we had the silent majority who were sick and tired of BHO and the progressives who really wanted change, but just remained quiet until Election Day.
Trump's message was clear, Jobs and America First. He was also a relentless campaigner holding events that outnumbered the Clinton events almost two to one. And his events drew thousands while the Clinton events struggled to draw hundreds.
The VP choice I feel also helped Trump. Mike Pense is a rock solid, well spoken family man who complemented Trump. Tim Kaine doesn't speak well, came off rude in the VP debate and offered very little to the Clinton campaign.
And the reality. Hillary was probably the worse candidate to run. 30 plus years in Washington and enough baggage to fill a freight train. A woman whose entire adult life has been plagued in scandal after scandal. A political life of no achievements. She conveyed an attitude that the presidency was hers, it was owed to her and she was destined to be the first female president. She also was very cold, spoke in lawyer terms and could not connect with people. Her speaking style was shrill and downright annoying. Even her own campaign was trying to figure out how to make her "more human". The one defining moment was her "basket of deplorables" speech in which she told Americans how she really felt about them.
Clinton's campaign strategy was "run the clock out". They had felt she was the obvious winner so all she really had to do was wait until Election Day, and win. The campaign kept her hidden using the strategy the less seen and heard from her would limit damage in the media. Again, the believed their own MSM tripe as fact, which in the end would prove fatal.
Trump has redefined campaigning and redefined how polling will be conducted in the future. The Fourth Estate is no longer relative in campaigns and will become even less so in the next round. The Internet has now positioned itself as the "Fifth Estate" and will play even a greater roll in coming elections.
And finally, for all of Hillary's excuses for losing. It was not the Russians, it was not the "Alt Right", it was not an ancient electoral college, it was not "fake news". It was a badly flawed candidate backed by a disfunctional political party ran by incompetent stooges, supported by a flawed and biased media.