2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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18. That's actually incorrect. The media showed

Wed Nov 16, 2016, 12:18 PM

Nov 2016

his rallies, etc., nonstop and uninterrupted. He didn't need to buy ad time, because they gave him so much coverage for free.

On the other hand, they showed only excerpts from Clinton's public appearances.

The media loved Trump because he got viewers for them.

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Bottom line: not enough voters marked the Hillary box. [View all] MineralMan Nov 2016 OP

This same logic was used about Gore. R B Garr Nov 2016 #1

places like detroit, people knew to not mark the trump box but 90k! didn't vote for any pres Sunlei Nov 2016 #2

Wasn't that the direct result of the Bernie folks and the whole protest vote R B Garr Nov 2016 #3

No these were people who were demoralized. I supported Sanders because of his message & I voted Hill Sunlei Nov 2016 #8

Actually that still sounds like the phony mantras forced upon us. R B Garr Nov 2016 #10

fake news Dominates facebook/twitter, click bait headlines aren't the facts. Sunlei Nov 2016 #15

Reality is that those on the extreme left have turned against Bernie because R B Garr Nov 2016 #16

They faded away once republicans won. They never were really Ds or real Sanders supporters. Sunlei Nov 2016 #19

Well, they self-identified as that because Bernie was a socialist, so R B Garr Nov 2016 #25

Good points! I think we will all try harder to stay together. Sunlei Nov 2016 #28

I do miss Al Gore! It's hard to believe that the next election will be 20 years R B Garr Nov 2016 #30

Sanders was a liability. Period. duffyduff Nov 2016 #5

Because of the media. Period. duffyduff Nov 2016 #4

Yes, the media played a big role. MineralMan Nov 2016 #6

People hated Hillary Clinton. I've spoken with a lot of different people about this from all TrekLuver Nov 2016 #7

Were you one of the ones who hated Clinton? MineralMan Nov 2016 #12

No I wasn't but what exactly are you confused about? TrekLuver Nov 2016 #13

Hate is to strong a word. just not like enough to ever post anything "positive/kind" about her Sunlei Nov 2016 #17

Can confirm. Same here. elehhhhna Nov 2016 #29

Bingo. I think although a known issue, it was underated, espeically with the last-minute FBI BS jmg257 Nov 2016 #32

I agree that the media went for the ratings, BUT! astral Nov 2016 #9

Not really. The media let Trump go on and on MineralMan Nov 2016 #11

I agree...the vast majority of media Trump coverage was not favorable. n/t TrekLuver Nov 2016 #14

That's actually incorrect. The media showed MineralMan Nov 2016 #18

I thought them showing his disgusting hate filled rallies would of had the opposite effect and TrekLuver Nov 2016 #23

That would be true if all votes counted and counted as cast. We don't know that is true. Coyotl Nov 2016 #20

I have no actual information on that. MineralMan Nov 2016 #21

Now you do: Coyotl Nov 2016 #22

Does anyone know WHERE these exit polls take place? I.E. how many are out in all the rural counties jmg257 Nov 2016 #34

Of course we know where they poll. Polling is a science, and the sampling is carefully designed Coyotl Nov 2016 #35

Cool - so they do cover all the different counties to get a good representation. jmg257 Nov 2016 #36

Hope we're able to vote in 2018 and 2020's elections. LenaBaby61 Nov 2016 #31

The deporables showed up in full force. Initech Nov 2016 #24

Over 100 million eligible voters sat out the election... cynatnite Nov 2016 #26

The rationale for the existence of the EC is that it is a safety valve stopbush Nov 2016 #27

I posted about this yesterday. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #33