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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: It's clear people have not fully considered the con job that has been pulled on them [View all]BeyondGeography
(40,720 posts)23. Sam Stein wrote a pretty definitive autopsy, if that one doesn't work for you
        In Michigan alone, a senior battleground state operative told HuffPost that the state party and local officials were running at roughly one-tenth the paid canvasser capacity that Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) had when he ran for president in 2004. Desperate for more human capital, the state party and local officials ended up raising $300,000 themselves to pay 500 people to help canvass in the elections closing weeks. By that point, however, they were operating in the dark. One organizer said that in a precinct in Flint, they were sent to a burned down trailer park. No one had taken it off the list of places to visit because no one had been there until the final weekend. Clinton lost the state by 12,000 votes.
...As Democrats begin to repair their party and learn from the shortcomings of the Clinton campaign, one of the primary arguments being made is that candidates have to show up if they expect to win. Obama said as much in a recent press conference when he tied his success in Iowa to the sheer number of stops he made in the state while campaigning. And the data strongly suggests that this was a vulnerability for Clinton. As the Washington Post reported, Clintons campaign and outside groups supporting it aired more television ads in Omaha during the closing weeks than in Michigan and Wisconsin combined. And as NBC News reported, during the final 100 days of the election, Trump made 133 visits to Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin while Clinton made 87
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-campaign-neglect_us_582cacb0e4b058ce7aa8b861
...As Democrats begin to repair their party and learn from the shortcomings of the Clinton campaign, one of the primary arguments being made is that candidates have to show up if they expect to win. Obama said as much in a recent press conference when he tied his success in Iowa to the sheer number of stops he made in the state while campaigning. And the data strongly suggests that this was a vulnerability for Clinton. As the Washington Post reported, Clintons campaign and outside groups supporting it aired more television ads in Omaha during the closing weeks than in Michigan and Wisconsin combined. And as NBC News reported, during the final 100 days of the election, Trump made 133 visits to Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin while Clinton made 87
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-campaign-neglect_us_582cacb0e4b058ce7aa8b861
There is still a lot of reporting yet to be done on the quality of the supporting data operation (at least I haven't seen any), but it's obvious they weren't within miles of Obama 2012 in terms of understanding their voters and anticipating the outcome. You can read alll about that here:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/509026/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-rally-voters/
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                        It's clear people have not fully considered the con job that has been pulled on them [View all]
							BainsBane
							Nov 2016
							OP
                        
        
        I suppose next time we should pick the candidate that lost the primary? And disenfranchise millions?
        bravenak
        Nov 2016
        #2
      
        
        Well I care what happens to America - thats why I supported another candidate in the primary
        el_bryanto
        Nov 2016
        #10
      
        
        I voted for Hillary in the general election.  So who exactly are you calling an idiot?  nt
        el_bryanto
        Nov 2016
        #13
      
        
        Right, her voting record.  The one that puts here squarely on the liberal side of Congress.
        TwilightZone
        Nov 2016
        #7
      
        
        Yep that's the one - She is a liberal; just not as liberal I would prefer, on a number of issues.
        el_bryanto
        Nov 2016
        #14
      
        
        Well it seemed that people weren't interested in Russ Feingold's record or Cypher, Teachout, or
        still_one
        Dec 2016
        #26
      
        
        Trump is the *ultimate* elitist and the *ultimate* corporatist.  He's a fricking BRAND, for heaven's
        TwilightZone
        Nov 2016
        #5
      
        
        You got played too if you think Hillary did everything she needed to do to win
        BeyondGeography
        Nov 2016
        #11
      
        
        Sam Stein wrote a pretty definitive autopsy, if that one doesn't work for you
        BeyondGeography
        Nov 2016
        #23
      
        
        You might not have called her a corporatist. But a whole lot of people did.  Constantly.
        kcr
        Dec 2016
        #33