Reminder: HRC lost the Electoral College by less than 100K votes spread over 3 states.

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93. That's a false charge, there are many reasons why Clinton lost, and I, unlike many, do not narrow

it down to only one or two things (usually Stein voters or Sanders defectors).

For example, the raw net negative impact of Sanders primary voter defections (no votes, votes for Stein, or 2-for-1 vote switches to Trump), for instance was DWARFED by the 2008 Hillary primary voters defections (especially the 2-for-1 D to R vote switchers), both in terms of percentage and raw number impact (over 5 million votes more net negative impact in 2008 versus 2016).

Hillary's primary vote totals in 2008 also dwarfed Sanders primary vote totals in 2016 (She got almost 4.3 million more primary votes in 2008 than Sanders got in 2016), so the impact of her 2008 defections was amplified even more.

The only reason any of it is spoken of is because of the closeness of the race in 2016 versus 2008.