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"Nationally, a clear majority of voters four years ago soundly rejected Trumpās anti-immigrant agenda and anti-inclusive message. Only 13 percent said immigration was the most pressing issue in the country. Only 41 percent bought into his idea of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Fully 70 percent said Trumpās treatment of women bothered them āsomeā or āa lot.ā More than 6 in 10 said Trump was unqualified to be president and lacked the right temperament. Clear majorities thought Hillary Clinton met both tests.
So what happened? Well, hereās where it gets interesting.
Of the 47 percent of voters who said Clinton wasnāt qualified to serve, only 5 percent voted for her. Thatās about what youād expect.
Of the 61 percent of voters who said the same thing about Trump, however, 17 percent ignored their judgment and voted for him anyway."
*In other words, on the night that marked his apex in political life, Trumpās margin of victory came from reluctant voters who almost certainly thought they were voting for the losing candidate, and who felt confident heād make a terrible president.*
They were right of course. Although I'm not sure they were able grasp at the time the breathtaking ways Trump would subvert democracy, corrupt the government, and inflict lasting damage on our bedrock institutions.
"Nationally, a clear majority of voters four years ago soundly rejected Trumpās anti-immigrant agenda and anti-inclusive message. Only 13 percent said immigration was the most pressing issue in the country. Only 41 percent bought into his idea of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Fully 70 percent said Trumpās treatment of women bothered them āsomeā or āa lot.ā More than 6 in 10 said Trump was unqualified to be president and lacked the right temperament. Clear majorities thought Hillary Clinton met both tests.
So what happened? Well, hereās where it gets interesting.
Of the 47 percent of voters who said Clinton wasnāt qualified to serve, only 5 percent voted for her. Thatās about what youād expect.
Of the 61 percent of voters who said the same thing about Trump, however, 17 percent ignored their judgment and voted for him anyway."
*In other words, on the night that marked his apex in political life, Trumpās margin of victory came from reluctant voters who almost certainly thought they were voting for the losing candidate, and who felt confident heād make a terrible president.*
They were right of course. Although I'm not sure they were able grasp at the time the breathtaking ways Trump would subvert democracy, corrupt the government, and inflict lasting damage on our bedrock institutions.
Take heart . . . you could always build a time machine, go back four years and experience Hillary Clinton's loss all over again. Maybe on you hundredth trip back in time the 2016 presidential election results will be different.
President Trump won 30 states including 3 Dem blue states and over 300 EC votes. A clear majority. Only in liberal California overrun with millions of illegals did Hillary win 4 million more votes than Trump. Trump won the 'popular vote' in the other 49 states by 1+ million votes.
77,000 votes across 3 swing states. 46 electoral votes in that swing. About a 1% margin of victory. Hardly a majority. Not even a sliver of a mandate. But you can whistle as loudly as you'd like past the graveyard, post whatever memes and gifs from 2016 make you happy, and ask whatever sky pixie you believe in to ensure that your dear leader is victorious come November. It's not helping. Trump needs to pick his game up (based on his lousy performance on Saturday night) and hope that the same independents in those swing states forget about the almost 20% unemployment and the 120K+ dead on his watch.
