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Major reasons why Hillary lost. 1 she was lazy and ceded the campaign trail to Trump. Trump made 116 campaign visits, stops, appearances, held rallies from 1 Sep through 8 Nov 2016 to Hillary's 71. That 71 looks larger than it was, it includes fund raisers in deep blue California and New York.
2 lack of enthusiasm in Hillary base. Her Ho Hum Campaign. The Democrats had a 6 point advantage in party affiliation back in Nov 2016. But only a 3 point advantage among those who actually turned out to vote. Trump's supporters were energetic and enthusiastic, willing to go to the four corners of the earth for him. Hillary's wouldn't even go to the polls.
3 A very inept campaign strategy on Hillary's part. That is if you call receiving more electoral vote than Obama did a strategy. She spent way too much time, energy and money trying to win Georgia, Arizona and Utah. While ignoring her backyard, the so called blue wall states.
4 The media, Hillary ceded the media to Trump also. Hillary basically hid from the media going over 200 days without a press conference, only going on shows that were 100% in support for her like the view. Every day Trump would be calling into every morning talk show, whether they were for him or against him. Trump kept his name in the limelight, always the lead story and headliner on the news. Sure Hillary raised and outspent Trump 1.191 billion to 646.8 million, but Trump was the master of the free media.
5 The Sanders vote. Jury rigging of the Democratic primaries in Hillary's favor by the DNC and Democratic state party leaders made a lot of them angry. Who knows how many stayed home. But in those who voted, Hillary won them 75-12 over Trump with 13% voting third party. Compare those number to Hillary's base numbers, Democrats, she won them 89-8 over Trump with just 3% voting third party.
And of course many other reasons. But the above Hillary had direct control over. Had she not ceded the campaign trail to Trump, she'd be sitting in the white house today. Had she inspired her base, she'd be in the oval office. If democrats had turnout to vote in the same percentage as republicans did, she'd be president today. Had she adopted her husband Bill's campaign strategy instead of being so stubborn, she would have won. Had she not ignored the media, instead of hiding, and on and on.
As far as I'm concerned, Hillary caused her own defeat. You can blame it on the electoral college, the Russians, any number of things. But that doesn't explain Hillary's laziness, her inept campaign strategy, her ho hum campaign, among other reasons. Sure she won the popular vote in spite of all her shortcomings. Just think if she actually tried to win how much more that margin would have been.
The only reason I can come up with for all the above, is that Hillary thought her election was in the bag, guaranteed. All she had to do was show up, the election would be handed to her. fait accompli
It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.
