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SpankMe

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3. I love Harry. But,...
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 06:40 PM
Dec 2016

The loss can't be isolated to a single cause. I don't think the Comey thing was even a major contributor, although I do agree it was a factor.

- Voter suppression.
- Voter roll purges.
- Apathetic non-voters.
- FBI memo.
- Russian hacking.
- Wikileaks DNC email release.
- Republican SoS's & local elections officials' malfeasance.
- Third-party vote draws.

All of the above conspired together to chip away at the edges and get Trump just over the margins. Remember - Hillary lost three swing states by a combined total of fewer than 80,000 votes. That's not a whole lot. Relief from any one or two of the above factors may have swung it the other way. - Respectfully

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