[quote=“Medievalist, post:22, topic:100676”]
Almost any other Democratic candidate could have beaten Donald Trump
[/quote]I think more accurately, “almost any other Democratic candidate could have won Michigan.” I think there is a huge underestimation on the GOP’s interference in PA voting, and the fact that OH is deep red at this point. I mean, a democrat would have had to flip a red state to win the election deep. Even WI looks closer than it really was with their entirely GOP government from state to federal.
[quote=“caze, post:25, topic:100676”]
She also could’ve beaten Trump, if it weren’t for the Russians, Comey, and Assange and co (and various other useful idiots). Not that she was the perfect candidate or anything, but it was certainly not all her own fault. And nor were other candidates guaranteed to beat Trump either, I don’t think Bernie would have been a shoe-in either.
[/quote]HRC’s campaign certainly had the worst luck of any campaign I can remember (she even caught pneumonia that caused her to pass out in public too, and the far-right media was already passing around conspiracies of body doubles and health problems), and historically campaigns have been her weak point (not shocking) despite being very capable by all accounts once in a position.
But she also fucked up a lot and the people she considered to be her most capable campaign managers did an even worse job by hiding the truth from her, and Trump had a shockingly good data-driven team. Trump’s team realized he just needed to be racist in the Midwest and Florida a bunch of times to win more votes than other GOP candidates.
