Originally Posted by rporter314
But those are not the stats which elected Mr Trump, I believe it was the differential of 77k more votes for Mr Trump over 3 states which won the electoral vote.

Can anyone imagine an election won by a margin of under 5k votes? Republican efforts at disenfranchisement typically targets just 5k-10k highly likely Democrat voters. And of course Republicans can now go to the SC and have them stop the count and award an election to their favorite candidate. (Note I did not say Democrat because of the obvious ... )
Newsweek blamed Sanders voters for Trump's win in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

BERNIE SANDERS VOTERS HELPED TRUMP WIN AND HERE'S PROOF


https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-trump-2016-election-654320

I blame Hillary herself. Her laziness, from 1 Sep 2016 through 8 Nov 2016 Trump made 116 campaign visits, stops, rallies to 71 for Hillary. That 71 looks larger than it actually was as it includes fund raisers in deep blue California and New York. In Wisconsin it was Trump 5 visits to Hillary's none. That's right none, zero, nadda. In Michigan it was Trump 6 to Hillary's 1. Pennsylvania was closer, 8 for Trump vs. 5 for Hillary. Hillary just let Trump out work and out campaign her. Even in electoral vote rich Florida, 29 electoral votes, it was Trump 13 visits, stops to Hillary's 8.

Whereas Trump geared his campaign to winning the electoral college, Clinton strategy if one want to call getting more electoral votes than Obama a strategy, a very inept one. She spent way too much time, energy, money in trying to win Georgia, Arizona and Utah while ignoring her so called blue wall states. her own backyard.

Then there was the difference in the campaigns, Trump's was full of energy, enthusiasm, his supporters were willing to go to the four corners of the earth for him. Hillary's was more ho hum, lacking of energy and enthusiasm. In the end a lot of her voters weren't energized enough to go to the polls and vote for her.

The Democrats held a 6 point advantage in party affiliation in Nov 2016, but only a 3 point advantage among those who actually voted.

There's plenty of other reasons, but these are the highlights. I firmly believe almost any other democrat, alive or dead would have trounced Trump in 2016. Trump lucked out and drew Hillary, the only democrat that could have possibly lost to him. Even then, everything had to go perfect for Trump, the earth, moon, planets, the sun and even galaxies had to align perfectly for him to win. Somehow they did.

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.