2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wow - the concern trolls were right. [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,060 posts)only heard that Clinton was going to win.
We need to be able to talk honestly about whatever is going on = and that was not allowed here because of the troll-hunters who jumped anyone who expressed any doubt about the outcome. Getting on the bandwagon for the winner only works for people still undecided, but many who who supported Clinton didn't feel the urgency to participate in GOTV efforts (since she was going to win anyway) - or to overcome obstacles on election day when they didn't plan well.
I can't tell you how many people turned up at the BOE to vote (only permitted before election day) and either voted provisionally there (it won't count because they didn't vote in their precinct) or left saying they weren't going to bother because they couldn't figure out how to the polling place before it closed after they turned up in the wrong place.