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Takket

(21,586 posts)
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 02:03 PM Jan 2021

drumpf ran perhaps the worst campaign in history

I recall after 2016 how there were endless pieces about what a bad campaign Hillary Clinton ran. I didn't recall hearing any such thing said in 2020 about drumpf despite the fact he ran perhaps the worst campaign in history where he called one of the biggest voter concerns a hoax and completely ignored domestic issues and his opponent to focus almost his entire campaign on Hunter Biden (something no one other than his base cared one iota about)

I looked it up and there actually have been some articles written about his awful campaign.......... enjoy!

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/opinions/trump-bad-reelection-campaign-wierson-honan/index.html

https://time.com/5907973/donald-trump-loses-2020-election/

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/08/932192394/trump-tried-to-make-this-election-2016-again-it-didnt-go-as-planned

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drumpf ran perhaps the worst campaign in history (Original Post) Takket Jan 2021 OP
And yet more than 70 million morons voted for him. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #1
If he'd run a competent campaign, he wouldn't have been Trump... regnaD kciN Jan 2021 #4
The real flaw in his campaign was that he overestimated the ratio of gullible idiots to decent folks Towlie Jan 2021 #2
I don't think so. David__77 Jan 2021 #3
Only because of our EC system... regnaD kciN Jan 2021 #5
Drumpf pocketed almost a billion bucks. Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #6

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
4. If he'd run a competent campaign, he wouldn't have been Trump...
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 03:47 PM
Jan 2021

A large part of his appeal to MAGAts was “he isn’t some slick politician; he’s an ordinary guy like me.”

Towlie

(5,326 posts)
2. The real flaw in his campaign was that he overestimated the ratio of gullible idiots to decent folks
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 02:20 PM
Jan 2021

 


It would have worked if America was as dominated by evil, low-IQ, hate-driven racists as Trump's rallies seemed to indicate, but he didn't realize that the large sizes of those turnouts were largely influenced by disregard of the pandemic. As it turned out, Americans as a whole weren't quite stupid enough to elect him.

David__77

(23,426 posts)
3. I don't think so.
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 02:22 PM
Jan 2021

That campaign effectively mobilized people and built public opinion. It came close to winning.

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
5. Only because of our EC system...
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 03:50 PM
Jan 2021

Trump lost by 3 million votes in 2016, and around double that this time. That’s a bigger margin than Obama had over Romney, but you never hear “Romney came close to winning.”

Kid Berwyn

(14,922 posts)
6. Drumpf pocketed almost a billion bucks.
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 03:53 PM
Jan 2021

$600 million in Jared’s offshore shelter and $300 million from the saps sending cash to fight the election results. Loser quitting while he’s ahead would be what Melanie and the Spawn are all likely recommending.

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