2016 Postmortem

andym

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9. GOP set up Hillary for failure --negatives of both candidates WERE the key factors in this election

Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:12 PM

Dec 2016

They had a long term plan to set up Hillary Clinton for failure (starting in 2013) and it worked out very well for them. They managed to get her favorables and trust ratings under 50% by mid 2015, and below 40% in time for the election-- that made her a weak candidate from the point of view of the political professionals. And some would argue the Democrats really had no really strong alternative candidate available. Yet, if it were not for Comey, she would have still won against an even weaker candidate, Trump.

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Is the fact that both candidates had historically high negatives being ignored? [View all] NRQ891 Dec 2016 OP

No one knows what to do with it zipplewrath Dec 2016 #1

good points nt NRQ891 Dec 2016 #2

Not true that HRC recevied 6M fewer votes than Obama 2012. HRC received only 1.1 million fewer votes Fla Dem Dec 2016 #4

Not my intent zipplewrath Dec 2016 #5

I listened to NPR at noon the next day NRQ891 Dec 2016 #3

Yes. Only HRC's negatives mattered, because Russia said so, and Trump is Vladmir's chump, and so LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #6

what i felt... djsunyc Dec 2016 #7

The only negatives that seem to count around here are HRC's. Paladin Dec 2016 #8

GOP set up Hillary for failure --negatives of both candidates WERE the key factors in this election andym Dec 2016 #9