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8. They also threw a massive amount of cash into ads in the last week or two.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:22 AM
Dec 2016

And ran new ads that they hadn't run all campaign.

A lot of people don't decide until nearly the last minute. They targeted them.

I think that's partly why the polls didn't pick up the trend until it was basically too late.

I agree with the underlying assertion - we have to do whatever we can to keep up with the opposition. I think I was naive in thinking that we'd inherently have the edge there. Much of the GOP's disarray was just for show.

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