| Hamister said: Let's be clear on one thing. Before the FBI revealed they had re-opened the investigation of her e-mails in October 28, Clinton was virtually unstopable. She was leading the national polls by atleast 6-8 points. Everything was pointing to a slam dunk victory, close to double digits. Clinton lost because of a "perfect storm" hitting her. That storm consisted of many components, each component in itself wasn't dangerous enough to threat her presidency, but in combination and timing, it became impossible for her to win. Her strategy wasn't bad had it been a normal election. What happened in 2016 was beyond normal. I rank the cause of her loss as follows: 1. The re-opened FBI investigation (not even Obama in 2008 could have survived that) 2. Fake news trashed her 3. The vacancy at the supreme court gathered many of the conservatives who otherwise hated Trump 4. Clinton was a candidate with a very flawed reputation even before the election 5. Clinton's campaign had a strategy that didn't take Clinton's presumed flaws into consideration |
What's not on your list, and what Hillary refuses to acknowledge is that she was both lazy and over-entitled throughout her campaign. I don't know if you meant to umbrella that into your #5, but I needs to be spelled out clearly, highlighted, and acknowledged. Because, it is a huge reason for her losing.
She didn't make a single campaign stop in Wisconsin, a state that played a huge part in her losing the election. Why should a person in Wisconsin vote for a candidate who doesn't even acknowledge them, but instead just assumes they will vote for her because she believes she's entitled to it? Obama called her out on this immediately after the election, and it's true. Hillary lost a lot of the Obama-Democrats, because she made ZERO effort to court their votes. Another example, Obama pointed out that he spent 87 days campaigning in Iowa (which he won both times) while Hillary stopped there 3 times (and lost the state). She just assumed that everyone who came out and voted for Obama would automatically vote for her as well.
It's as bad as Rudy Guiliani's campaign strategy in 2008 where he spent so much focus on campaigning in Florida, and ignored other states, which were going to be voting before Florida, because he hoped that his lead in Florida would carry him through those other states without actually having to campaign there, and also believing that a subsequent win in Florida would also give him the momentum necessary to win the nomination. It was a ridiculously flawed strategy. The states voting before Florida did not vote for him, because he did not bother to campaign there. Which then led him to lose Florida, the only state he was concentrating on, because Florida voters saw him finishing in 6th place in the other primaries.
Point is, you actually have to go out and meet with the voting public and give them a reason to vote for you. If you don't bother to actually make the effort to make a single trip to an entire state during a campaign season, why should those people make the effort to leave their house and vote for you on election day?
Hillary Clinton has, and continues to blame everyone but herself. Meanwhile, she is one of the biggest reasons for her own defeat. Also, the DNC by aiding in her push past Bernie in the Democrat Primary exacerbated and inflated her already massive sense of entitlement. So, the corruption of her own party needs to be acknowledged as well. When else do you remember the Chair of a politcal party having to resign the very week of their Convention due to proven corruption like Debbie Wasserman-Schultz?
