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In reply to the discussion: i understand fully, Hilary's premise that Sen Sanders hurt her candidacy. [View all]Omaha Steve
(99,493 posts)55. The advertising decisions that helped doom Hillary Clinton
"But keep believing the media talking points about Clinton not campaigning in those states."
Omaha has ONE EC vote. All the ads were attack Trump, not about what Clinton would do.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/12/the-advertising-decisions-that-helped-doom-hillary-clinton/?utm_term=.9b34c22f2989
By Jim Tankersley November 12, 2016
In the closing weeks of the presidential race, Hillary Clinton's campaign and the outside groups that supported it aired more television advertisements in Omaha than in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin combined. The Omaha ads were in pursuit of a single electoral vote in a Nebraska congressional district, which Clinton did not ultimately win, and also bled into households in Iowa, which also she did not win. Michigan and Wisconsin add up to 26 electoral votes; she appears not to have won them, either.
Strategic decisions can make all the difference in a close race. Clinton lost the White House (despite winning the popular vote) to Republican Donald Trump on the strength of about 100,000 votes in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. That is the definition of a close race.
But a review of Democrats' advertising decisions at the end of the race suggests Clinton and her allies weren't playing to win a close one. They were playing for a blowout. And it cost them.
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i understand fully, Hilary's premise that Sen Sanders hurt her candidacy. [View all]
Ninga
Sep 2017
OP
"democrat election"? It is the DEMOCRATIC election. Referring to the DEMOCRATIC party as
still_one
Sep 2017
#2
It's the DEMOCRATIC party, NOT the "Democrat party". All I was doing was informing the poster
still_one
Sep 2017
#24
Actually "Democrat Party" can be traced back to the 1930s or earlier. It became dormant....
George II
Sep 2017
#106
My orginal comment was to post #1, and that poster changed the post accordingly to Democratic
still_one
Sep 2017
#61
When he hung on in the end after California I asked how can he not be helping republicans ?
lunasun
Sep 2017
#7
Easier than what you describe - In January 2013, as she was leaving - she could have left all her
karynnj
Sep 2017
#37
Ditto on the Wall St. speeches & the comment about being broke when they left the WH.
CrispyQ
Sep 2017
#13
She didn't do the same thing in '08. She graciously conceded and worked hard for Obama.
brush
Sep 2017
#23
More media/pundit spew. The 77,000 votes needed to swing the EC was calculated...
brush
Sep 2017
#58
When did Sanders formally drop out of the Democratic race? Not the same unity push imo
lunasun
Sep 2017
#19
If the FBI didn't make something out of the fake email scandal they would have picked something else
StevieM
Sep 2017
#84
My post is in regards to after California,about after she clinched the nomination- way after in fact
lunasun
Sep 2017
#82
No, he didn't have to. The right and honorable thing to do when you see there's no chance to win
lunamagica
Sep 2017
#83
As a Hillary supporters at that time I remember the outrage was epic over that, here and everywhere.
Autumn
Sep 2017
#132
He conceded July 6th. The convention started July 25th, almost three weeks later.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#95
I especially like how you move the goalposts without even attempting to hide it.
LanternWaste
Sep 2017
#64
Neither Obama nor Hillary attacked or discredited the DNC "establishment" during their primary
Proud Liberal Dem
Sep 2017
#54
It's my understanding that an overwhelming majority of those who voted for him....
Weekend Warrior
Sep 2017
#15
The small number of hardcore Sanders people were probably lost to us anyway.
Willie Pep
Sep 2017
#31
But would any of those Bernie or Busters have been in Clinton's court whether Sanders had
JCanete
Sep 2017
#56
But those factors should still be discussed honestly, and I've just presented ways in which Sanders
JCanete
Sep 2017
#71
Should we have never had a primary at all? Trump said much more vicious things about his
SweetieD
Sep 2017
#17
The huge difference was that repug primary candidates did not continually attack their own party...
brush
Sep 2017
#25
I completely disagree with that. I never saw Bernie attack anyone.He robustly campaigned for Hillary
SweetieD
Sep 2017
#32
Forget the unity tour. During the campaign a certain senator constantly attacked his own party.
brush
Sep 2017
#36
"All" his campainging for her ??? He hardly campaigned for Hillary at all. Shame on him
trueblue2007
Sep 2017
#38
Your last sentence is ironic considering your avatar. I'm not sigling you out personally, but
lunamagica
Sep 2017
#92
You're right. He never should've been allowed to run as a Dem. It just divided us and it still...
brush
Sep 2017
#100
You numbers were off...and some Obama supporters may have been independents....the
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#124
You don't have to buy it, but the consensus here is that it was indeed "somebody else's fault".
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2017
#110
I'm just hopeful that the Democratic party will come to its senses about the far left. They are not
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2017
#116
Yes. A clear example of "words matter." Sarandon 's callous and off handed words were
Ninga
Sep 2017
#120
No. Fox, Breitbart, GOP, NYT, Judicial Watch all hurt her FAR MORE than Bernie
sharedvalues
Sep 2017
#107
Of course he did. It's not about a popularity contest, it's about FACTS. The statement is true.
Lil Missy
Sep 2017
#127